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Perhaps install more toilets in stations and get rid of them on trains
altogether. We're a small island, there are no journeys really long enough to

make them worthwhile except maybe the overnight sleeper to scotland but thats

not a commuter train.


People travelling 5h30 from Paddington to Penzance might disagree.

Possibly, but those sort of journeys are probably 1 in 1000. There's little
reason to have toilets on most multiple units IMO, certainly not something
like Thameslink where the average journey is probably 45 mins.



Thought you had children?
Many youngsters are not able to go for hours without having to go the
toilet and many seem to want use one soon after all preparations have been
completed ,possibly brought on by excitement.
Would not like to spend the time on a long journey in the vicinity of an 7
year old who has **** himself and a child of that age will not be in
nappies.
Then there is the large percentage of the population who are female whose
different plumbing ,menstrual
cycles and smaller bladder capacity when pregnant often means they need
toilet facilities more often than men.
I would agree you don’t need toilets on commuter trains where such as
crossrail where off train facilities can not be too far away and frequent
services make journey interruptions not the end of the world but there are
many journeys around the 3 to 5 hour length such as Waterloo Exeter that
some would fine awkward, your proposal that people could get off at
stations might work for a single traveller , but they might be giving up a
reserved seat. Could be even worse for a family who would have to get off
at successive stops as each sprog
decides its their time to go.

GH