Simon:
Hurryup&wait:
Basel recently at A5/German border on a Monday afternoon, 30 minute queue to enter compound and 60 minutes to clear.Plenty around me seemed to clear a bit faster as always but is that just my imagination or the agent we use■■?
I think the quicker clearing is your imagination, 1hr - 1hr30 is about normal, but it isn’t essential to clear on the border unless that’s where your agent is. We use an agent over near Zurich, so we’re only at the border long enough to get our T forms scanned, then we’re away unless we get a ‘controlle’ at the border.
I should have known the transits would be faster.
All good info as sometimes I wonder if I have missed a trick or just plain paranoid 
Thank you Simon.