In article , Matthew
Malthouse writes
} I suspect that the main reasons that the station exists were as a stop
} for domestic trains on the CTRL,
Eh? Isn't part of the point of the CTRL that there would be no domestic
services on it?

No, the point was to provide a line capable of 21st century train
speeds.

} and to provide a London stop for NOL
} Eurostars off the WCML that does not require a St. pancras reversal.
Seems sensible. But it gives rise to another question. If Eurostar
services extend north of London how would immigration and customs be
done?

Painfully. Yet another reason to rethink the system - either sign up to
Schengen, or at the very least switch to doing inspections on the train.

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