On Thu, 23 Sep 2004 16:21:19 +0100, Annabel Smyth wrote in
, seen in uk.railway:
John Rowland wrote to uk.transport.london on Thu, 23 Sep 2004:
"John Rowland" wrote in message
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"Boltar" wrote in message
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What next , GPS controlled toilets that won't
flush on certain parts of the network

Actually, that's a truly great idea!

Rowland, you fool, that's a terrible idea! Retention tanks are a truly great
idea.

Except that IME trains that use them invariably have their loos locked
out of service, so you are crossing your legs for the entire journey....
why can't modern trains have loos that work?

Crap design, if you'll pardon the pun.

The toilets fitted to class 170 units (or at least those used by
Central Trains) apparently have tanks only large enough to provide 45
flushes. Given that our units can be in service for anything up to 18
hours a day, often pretty much continuously, and those services
include long distance runs such as Norwich - Liverpool & Nottingham -
Cardiff, 45 flushes is an extremely small figure.

And to further complicate matters, retention tanks require that the
contents be emptied, which means that they need somewhere with a
suitable cleaning pan and that in turn means that it's unlikely that
tanks can be cleared at every poxy little stabling point at which
trains get left overnight. In the case of the 170, the toilets will
lock themselves out once the retention tanks are full.


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Ross

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