Travellers always forget which popular food is BANNED from Eurostar – don’t get caught out on your next trip
HOLIDAYMAKERS this summer will have to remember that one surprising thing is banned from the Eurostar.
Many European countries the train travels to are famous for making this food – but you still can’t take it onboard.
Cheese is a perishable food – along with all forms of dairy – by the train firm so appears on their banned list.
So, if you’ve been to Amsterdam and bought some lovely Gouda, or you’ve been to Lille and have a soft cheese, you can’t take it on board.
Other perishable foods that are banned are red and white meat and fish.
And if you were planning to have a drink onboard the train, there are also limits on quantity.
Passengers are only allowed one 750ml bottle of wine pr four 440ml bottles of beer.
Large bottles of spirits like vodka and rum are also banned from being drunk on board.
Eurostar has also just announced that it is planning to place a new order with train manufacturers.
It is looking to now expand its fleet from 51 trains to 67.
According to the Financial Times, Eurostar Chief Executive Gwendoline Cazenave revealed that the train company was considering new route options from London to Europe.
This would mean adding to its existing services between London, Paris, Amsterdam and Brussels.
She said: “With a new fleet we will study new routes, new European routes . . . I think by the end of the year or early 2025 we will be able to say more.”
The journey currently from London to Amsterdam is also taking longer as the city is refurbishing a terminal.
As a result, passport checks will not be able to take place at the Dutch capital.
Instead, the service will have to stop at Brussels, where checks will be completed, adding the extra time onto the journey.
Other items prohibited on the Eurostar
There are a number of items prohibited from being brought onboard the Eurostar train. Here is their list:
- Unlicensed firearms, including replicas and de-activated firearms. Imitation or toy guns that have the appearance of a genuine weapon.
- Ammunition of any calibre and in any quantity.
- Licensed firearms: a firearms certificate will be required and a European Firearms Pass may be required. You’ll need to check in advance with the relevant national authorities in the country of boarding and destination. Note that all ammunition must be removed.
- All explosives: military shells (including war souvenirs and relics), detonators, smoke cartridges, grenades, mines, explosive military stores, imitation devices, fireworks, flares, and pyrotechnics.
- Items containing incapacitating substances such as gas guns, tear gas sprays, mace, CS gas, phosphorus, acid and other dangerous chemicals that could be used to maim or disable.
- Any quantity of inflammable substances, including empty canisters e.g. petrol, methylated spirits, paint thinners. Don’t worry though, you can take nail polish and hairspray.
- Firelighters and lighter fuel.
- All flick knives, gravity knives and daggers.
- Folding/lock pocket knives are also banned. Small folding pocket knives with blades under 75mm without a locking mechanism are the exception and are permitted.
- Gardening equipment such as chainsaws and secateurs, and gardening pesticides like weed killers.
- Any other weapon made, adapted or intended for use as an offensive weapon.
- Alcohol that is in excess of our alcohol policy.
- Illegal drugs.
- Any item of furniture.
- Perishable items such as meat, fish and dairy products.
- E-scooters and hoverboards including transport of their associated batteries.
