Target for Terrorist Attack? (Euro Tunnel)

Member Name: averagepunter

Product:	Euro Tunnel
Date:	13/09/01 (226 review reads)
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Advantages: Great mode of Travel

Disadvantages: Lapse security measures??

I find the EuroStar a highly acceptable mode of travel, but what about the security aspect? The Channel Tunnel has got to be a prime target for a terrorist attack and I can't help thinking back to my last journey on the EuroStar.

It was a Saturday morning at Waterloo, and the check-in area was mobbed. We went through the ticket barrier and joined a queue for the X-ray machines. However, as the congestion was building, a EuroStar employee opened a side gate and waved about 50 of us through. No security checks on us or our baggage. I could have been carrying guns, bombs anything and they would not have a clue. I remember this concerned me slightly at the time, but in the light of the World Trade Centre attack, it just made me recall this incident.

In recent weeks, we have also seen incidents of asylum seekers breaching security at the French end of the tunnel. If they can do it, why not a terrorist.

As has become painfully obvious, no form of travel is 100% safe, but it seems to me that EuroStar have significant improvements to make. Food for thought if you're going to Europe by Train.

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