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A passenger lounge designed for families has been unveiled at Edinburgh Waverley<\/a> station. The new space at Scotland’s busiest railway station aims to make travelling by train with children more attractive and inclusive.<\/p>\n

The lounge was opened in a special event on Wednesday, December 3, by London North Eastern Railway in partnership with Edinburgh’s Christmas<\/a>. The rail operator runs services to and from the capital daily.<\/p>\n

Located within the historic customer atrium accessible from the main concourse, it is an ideal place to visit for families travelling with any train operator.<\/p>\n

The lounge features a children\u2019s play area based on Edinburgh Castle, specially commissioned murals featuring the iconic Forth Bridge and other famous Scottish landmarks.<\/p>\n

Other features include beach huts with tabletop games, interactive games, soft flooring and crawl spaces. There are also infinity sensory screens, unique to the lounge.<\/p>\n

There is also plenty of space for parents<\/a> and carers to relax with ample seating and coffee tables, as well as a comfortable and discreet space for breastfeeding.<\/p>\n

To celebrate, passengers and customers were treated to a Christmas spectacular featuring Santa, surprise visits from pantomime characters, and exclusive festive giveaways from Hearts<\/a>, Hibs, and Edinburgh Rugby.<\/p>\n

Colette Casey, LNER Customer Experience Director said: “Our new Family Lounge in Edinburgh sees LNER continuing to lead the way when it comes to making rail travel more attractive and inclusive for families.<\/p>\n

“Millions of customers start or end their journey at Edinburgh each year, and we can\u2019t wait for our family travellers to experience and enjoy this new, exciting space.”<\/p>\n

Directors of Unique Assembly, who create and produce Edinburgh’s Christmas, said: “We were thrilled to bring extra seasonal sparkle to Waverley Station for families travelling to and from Edinburgh, with a special surprise visit from Santa himself.<\/p>\n

“The new LNER Family Lounge is a fantastic addition to the station, helping make festive journeys to the capital’s spectacular Christmas attractions even more magical!”<\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

A new Passenger Assist lounge has also opened at the station. -Credit:LNER<\/p>\n

Opening alongside the Family Lounge is a new Passenger Assist lounge in the main customer atrium. The bespoke area provides customers who require additional help when travelling with a comfortable, quiet space to wait ahead of their journey.<\/p>\n

It is also the main meeting point for customers who need Passenger Assist while travelling by train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A passenger lounge designed for families has been unveiled at Edinburgh Waverley station. The new space at Scotland’s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616465,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8816],"tags":[748,192081,1102,27651,10753,44070,4884,174674,192080,712,192079,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-616464","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-edinburgh","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-busiest-railway-station","10":"tag-edinburgh","11":"tag-edinburgh-castle","12":"tag-edinburgh-rugby","13":"tag-edinburgh-waverley","14":"tag-great-britain","15":"tag-london-north-eastern-railway","16":"tag-passenger-lounge","17":"tag-scotland","18":"tag-travelling-by-train","19":"tag-uk","20":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115674106164812437","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616464\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616465"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}