20 February,2009 11:34 AM IST | | Agencies
A sign informing rail passengers kissing is welcome has been put up at a train station in Britain days after it was banned 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!"
It was put up after revelations earlier this week that smooching had been outlawed at a passenger drop-off point at Warrington Bank Quay Station in Cheshire because it holds up commuters.
No-kissing signs appeared in the taxi rank forcing couples to only use "designated areas" for a quick kiss.
But in High Wycombe, passion is being encouraged by train operator Chiltern Railways who state on the poster: "Unlike other train companies, we would never dream of banning kissing at our stations."
The operator is even now running a competition to find their most romantic passengers.
Kirsteen Robertson from 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."
Chiltern Railways, which runs services between Birmingham Moor Street and London Marylebone, is now encouraging passengers to send in pictures of them kissing at one of their stations.
The couple in the winning photograph will win free travel to and from London and a romantic champagne afternoon tea at the capital's Landmark Hotel.
