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Title: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: Chris from Nailsea on December 11, 2014, 21:18:06 From the Reading Chronicle (http://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/reading/articles/2014/12/11/105992-first-great-western-deny-rumours-passenger-urinated-in-bin-out-of-desperation-when-toilets-broken/):
Quote First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' when toilets broken Rumours that a train passenger urinated in a bin because the on-board toilets were out of order were denied by First Great Western this week. (http://cdn1.clydeandforthpress.co.uk/img/2014/12/11/binwee1418290234198965543.jpg) The photo posted by the commuter A photo posted on Twitter showed an ^Out of Service^ toilet sign with a hand-written note which read: ^ONLY TOILET ON TRAIN NOT ACCEPTABLE! HAVE WEE'D IN BIN IN DESPERATION!^ It was unclear whether the desperate traveller was male or female. The commuter who tweeted the photo, who wishes to remain anonymous, claimed the note was found on the 6.18am Oxford-bound service from Paddington which passed through Reading on December 3. A spokesman for the railway company said: "A blocked toilet was reported to our Twitter team on 2 December and was fixed quickly, having apparently been deliberately blocked by vandals. We found no evidence to suggest the claims made in the picture of graffiti were genuine." Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: IndustryInsider on December 12, 2014, 00:55:22 The reliability of Turbo toilets is unacceptably low and has been since the original design was replaced with a cheap alternative that isn't fit for purpose.
They block or run out of water far too easily. Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: 6 OF 2 redundant adjunct of unimatrix 01 on December 12, 2014, 09:16:43 The person who tweeted the picture wishes to remain anonymous ..... People really do not understand Twitter do they
Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: Fourbee on December 12, 2014, 09:50:34 I remember once on a Southern unit checking there was water before lathering up my hands with what can be quite aggressive soap.
Little did I know, I'd just used up the last of the water >:( As well as attacking my hands the soap also doubled as a nice adhesive to the toilet paper I was trying to use to wipe it off. Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: thetrout on December 12, 2014, 20:24:10 I tend to stay away from trains with just 1 toilet if I can help it for precisely this reason. Shorter journeys isn't so much of an issue but I wouldn't want to sit on a train with no toilet for longer than an hour.
c2c have just 1 toilet on their Class 357s and due to my unluckiness I always come across the units where the toilets are broken. As for denying the rumors... FGW should take a look at what happens on Cardiff Match Days when the toilets on 150s don't work...... Less said about that the better I feel. Hence why I use GreaterAnglia to head to Southend. Whilst the toilets are likely to be ghastly, they are usually usable to an extent and for every 4 extra coaches = 2 extra toilets. Can someone explain the logic of why the 3 Car Turbos were fitted with just 2 toilets, yet 158798 is running around as a 3 car sporting 4 toilets? Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: IndustryInsider on December 12, 2014, 22:59:05 Can someone explain the logic of why the 3 Car Turbos were fitted with just 2 toilets, yet 158798 is running around as a 3 car sporting 4 toilets? The 166s have two toilets, but the 3-car 165s in use on Chiltern and FGW routes only have one toilet. Two is ok for a 3-car train, but 1 is not really good enough - especially given the reliability of the current model fitted to the FGW ones. We had the honour of a VIP travelling from Oxford a month or two back. A VIP important enough to mean an extra unit was added to the train. However there was then a mad panic when it was realised that there wasn't a single toilet working on the 5-car formation they hoped to use. Cue a load of set swaps to try and find one that did have a working toilet! Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: Surrey 455 on December 13, 2014, 10:16:21 The 166s have two toilets, but the 3-car 165s in use on Chiltern and FGW routes only have one toilet. Two is ok for a 3-car train, but 1 is not really good enough - especially given the reliability of the current model fitted to the FGW ones. Sigh... Even one toilet is a luxury. My regular commute in a 4/8 car 455 unit has none and there'll probably be a lot of fed up passengers walking up and down Crossrail trains trying to find a non existent toilet too. :( Edited - original was badly worded. Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: chrisr_75 on December 13, 2014, 10:21:19 We had the honour of a VIP travelling from Oxford a month or two back. A VIP important enough to mean an extra unit was added to the train. However there was then a mad panic when it was realised that there wasn't a single toilet working on the 5-car formation they hoped to use. Cue a load of set swaps to try and find one that did have a working toilet! Typical, some so-called VIP comes along and FGW pull out all the stops and find not only an extra train but one with a working toilet. The rest of us are just expected to tolerate whatever clapped out excuse for a sardine tin turns up. Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: IndustryInsider on December 13, 2014, 11:36:36 Typical, some so-called VIP comes along and FGW pull out all the stops and find not only an extra train but one with a working toilet. Well, it was the PM. That may of course make efforts to provide a working toilet even less worthy depending on your political persuasion! Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: chrisr_75 on December 13, 2014, 13:25:34 Typical, some so-called VIP comes along and FGW pull out all the stops and find not only an extra train but one with a working toilet. Well, it was the PM. That may of course make efforts to provide a working toilet even less worthy depending on your political persuasion! Putting any political persuasions to one side, I do not see any reason why the PM or any elected or non-elected civil servant should be treated any differently to the rest of us, apart of course on grounds of security, but then he would be travelling in his bomb/bullet resistant Jag if that was a significant issue at the time! Let him pee in a bin or dampen his expensive bespoke suit and find out what reality is really like ;D He probably didn't even buy a ticket! ;) Ok, rant over :) Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: ellendune on December 13, 2014, 13:43:33 But from the point of view of FGW they would not want the PM to find out just how bad it is for the rest of us would they?
Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: didcotdean on December 13, 2014, 15:20:13 David Cameron is possibly more used to Chiltern in recent years, travelling to Chequers.
Title: Re: First Great Western deny rumours passenger urinated in bin 'out of desperation' Post by: TaplowGreen on December 13, 2014, 15:58:57 But from the point of view of FGW they would not want the PM to find out just how bad it is for the rest of us would they? A nasty pong today might spoil Hopwood's chance of a gong tomorrow. This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |