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Author:  captain cab [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:59 pm ]
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Kissing banned at railway station

Couples have been banned from kissing at Warrington Bank Quay Station because it holds up commuters.


Kissing banned at railway station:

No-kissing signs have appeared in the taxi rank at Warrington Bank Quay Station forcing lovers to use designated areas only.

The means an end to passionate platform scenes like the one between Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard in the 1945 film Brief Encounter.

No-kissing signs have appeared in the taxi rank at Warrington Bank Quay Station forcing lovers to use designated areas only.

The signs were erected after concerns that passionate embraces were causing delays for commuters with more passengers being attracted there.

Warrington Bank Quay is believed to be the first in the country to put up such signs.

Ruth Sargeant, 38, who uses the station to travel to Manchester, said: "It's ridiculous. I don't see the point of having a no-kissing area, surely people are entitled to say their goodbyes."

And Tom Hall, 25, another commuter, said: "It's daft. What are they going to do if they catch couples kissing, fine them?"

In the film Brief Encounter, which was filmed at Carnforth station in Lancashire, the doomed lovers played by Johnson and Howard, say their final goodbye at a railway station.

The no kissing signs are part of the £650,000 station refurbishment funded by Virgin Trains, Network Rail, the Northwest Regional Development Agency and the Department for Transport.

They are working in partnership with Warrington Borough Council's plans to improve the forecourt.

The idea of no-kissing signs was first suggested by Colin Daniels, chief executive of the Warrington Chamber of Commerce.

He said: "It was all a bit of fun. But now Virgin Trains have agreed to put them up as part of the refurbishment.

"They may seem frivolous but there is a serious message underneath."

Virgin say the station has become "increasingly busy" since the introduction of their Pendolino trains between London and Glasgow and Super Voyager trains between Birmingham and Scotland.

A Virgin spokesman said: "It's just a quirky thing, it's nothing more than that.. It's a light-hearted way of getting the message across.

"We are trying to tell people not to wait too long in the drop-off, but we don't mind people waiting there for a short time."

Asked how the no-kissing rule would be enforced, he added: "We will apply this sensibly."
Author:  captain cab [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:05 pm ]
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There is a video of this story on the MEN website;

http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/1096903_station_calls_time_on_kissing

:wink:
Author:  JD [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:11 pm ]
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The ban will be subject to station bye laws so the first prosecution should be most interesting.

Regards

JD
Author:  captain cab [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:29 pm ]
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JD wrote:
The ban will be subject to station bye laws so the first prosecution should be most interesting.

Regards

JD


I suppose if they leave the couples to it, they could get charged with public indecency......eventually :lol:

regards

CC
Author:  toots [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:55 pm ]
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No-kissing signs have appeared in the taxi rank at Warrington Bank Quay Station forcing lovers to use designated areas only.


'Designated area' = back of taxi :shock:
Author:  captain cab [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 2:56 pm ]
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toots wrote:

'Designated area' = back of taxi :shock:


You seem to have a thing about the goings on in the back of cabs :lol:

CC
Author:  toots [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 3:04 pm ]
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captain cab wrote:
toots wrote:

'Designated area' = back of taxi :shock:


You seem to have a thing about the goings on in the back of cabs :lol:

CC


That's because I'm told soooooo much by HC's what goes on in the back of their cabs. Contrary to belief I don't have eyes in the back of my head but some people make some awful loud noises when they are kissing in the back of my car :oops:
Author:  cabbyman [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 8:23 pm ]
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I've never been kissed by a passenger I've dropped at the station. :cry: :cry:
Author:  Sussex [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:03 pm ]
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cabbyman wrote:
I've never been kissed by a passenger I've dropped at the station. :cry: :cry:

I have. :D
Author:  cabbyman [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:05 pm ]
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I refused him!! :oops:
Author:  toots [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 9:35 pm ]
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Sussex wrote:
cabbyman wrote:
I've never been kissed by a passenger I've dropped at the station. :cry: :cry:

I have. :D


You bragging :lol:
Author:  brightonbreezy [ Mon Feb 16, 2009 10:17 pm ]
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Must be a Brighton thing :wink:
Author:  captain cab [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 12:03 am ]
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brightonbreezy wrote:
Must be a Brighton thing :wink:


I was going to suggest that.....but :lol:

CC
Author:  Nigel [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:15 am ]
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Sussex wrote:
cabbyman wrote:
I've never been kissed by a passenger I've dropped at the station. :cry: :cry:

I have. :D


Gateshead Angel :lol: :lol:
Author:  wannabeeahack [ Tue Feb 17, 2009 10:48 am ]
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