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Kissing allowed, passengers told

A sign informing rail passengers kissing is welcome has been put up at a train station days after a ban was imposed at another stop.

The notice placed at the entrance to High Wycombe station in Buckinghamshire shows a cartoon couple in a pink heart sharing an embrace and tells customers: “Kissing is welcome here!”

Passion is being encouraged by train operator Chiltern Railways, which stated on the poster: “Unlike other train companies, we would never dream of banning kissing at our stations.”

The operator, which serves the station, is even now running a competition to find their most romantic passengers.

Kirsteen Robertson, of Chiltern Railways, said: “Railway stations are romantic places. They are where fond farewells and emotional reunions take place, where relationships start with a glance and even, in the case of our Marylebone station last November, where one passenger will propose to another over the public address system.

“So our passengers are more than welcome to share a kiss in our stations.”

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .