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Old Jan 4, 2017, 7:24 pm
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Originally Posted by stimpy
At LHR T5 today I saw a bunch of E-gate machines covered with a tarp. It looked like they were new machines. Does anyone know when they will go into service?
A few weeks ago, they were repeatedly failing to meet their 25 minute commitment for egate qualified passport users. Perhaps more machines is their "solution"?

I'd much prefer a big increase in UKBF staff count working arrivals at LHR rather than more egates. But the masters like the machines.
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