Caught Short - London, and points west thereof

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[grahame]

Where are there station loos? from our disruption map



From myLondon

The London Underground is a godsend for those who have been to their local - or further afield - and had a few alcoholic beverages during a catch up with friends or family. Obviously, if one ends up a bit tipsy, driving a car home afterwards is out of the question.

But, luckily, it is super easy for visitors to the capital or those that call the city home, to hop on the Tube and make their way home. A potential problem with this approach, however, is timing your visits to the loo.

Most (all?) GWR^▸ (Great Western Railway) trains have loos on board  ... station loos (when open) provide a useful backup when you're waiting for a train.

[Marlburian]

But, famously, Crossrail trains do not. And if the closure of ticket office goes ahead will toilets at smaller stations be open all the time; at present they are only open when a member of staff is on duty.

So a possible double-deterrent to those of us of a certain age: not understanding technical ticket-purchasing, and not having the reassurance of a convenient convenience.

(In Marlborough on Wednesday it took my two elderly companions 20 minutes to work out how to get a ticket from a machine for two hours' parking; they eventually got one for just an hour - just before the heavy rain started.)