BensGrandad
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I caught a train in Worthing last night that was going Southampton to Brighton why does a train doing such a journey not have any toilets on it? Should it not be a pre requisute of the licence to provide this?
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Toilets on trains
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Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
No it's not, be responsible for your own bodily functions
You're talking bollocks again bg, unless you mean toilets out of order.
313s are the trains without toilets and they don't go to Southampton
BensGrandad
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What about the elderly, pregnant women and children? In this day it is barbaric that a least one carriage couldnt have a toilet facility.
Lyndhurst 14
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- Jan 16, 2008
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Aren't they like petrol stations - you need to ask a manager for a key?
Cosmic Joker
The Motorik
Usually the Southampton ones do have loos (unless they are both locked out of service at the time) but the Portsmouth ones are mostly operated by the ageing Class 313's which do not. I agree that trains which run more than an hour end to end should have loos, but the Franchise Agreement - which is what I presume you mean by "the licence" - does not seem to make any requirements in this regard. I doubt anything will change too quickly until some funded plan is implemented to withdraw and replace the 313's.
BensGrandad
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I can assure you that the 1752 from West Worthing to Brighton had 4 walk through carriages and no toilets on it. I think it came from Southampton.
What has that train got to do with Southampton?
BensGrandad
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I may be wrong but thought it came from Southampton to Worthing irrespective of its origination It didnt have a toilet
A quick search suggests it runs from Southampton Central, calling at West Worthing at 1752.
BensGrandad
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I walked from the driver down the train to the back and if it had a toilet it was disguised as a carriage joining compartment.
pastafarian
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The train company have put some metal boxes near the doors for use instead,work fine for number two but you have to be quick if having a wizz to avoid mission leak
they look a bit like rubbish bins......i think its a cut back/austerity thing
Cosmic Joker
The Motorik
Yes the four coach trains which have both 1st and standard class have 2 toilets, which are in the idle 2 carriages. One is a large wheelchair-accessible loo with a curved sliding door and the other is a small cubicle to the side of one of the gangway ends. It's not impossible for at least one of them to be out of order, usually because the retention tank is full or it has run out of water, but they would both be present. It's only the 3 carriage trains with no 1st class that also have no loos fitted.
Ernest
Stupid IDIOT
So you can't last 20 minutes without having a wee ?
happypig
Staring at the rude boys
job's a goodun
MattBackHome
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Thread of the day without a doubt
Hillian1
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Don't suppose it's occurred to you that there may be a reason for that.
Thunder Bolt
Silly old bat
The Brighton-Portsmouth trains don't have toilets, but the journey is only an hour in total. When I am going to Pompey, I make sure I go, before I go.
Yoda
English & European
The only train that do not have any loo's are the 313's as said, they are ALL configured as 3 coach MEU's. NONE of them are 4 coaches long.