The traditional method of disposing human waste from trains is to deposit the waste onto the tracks or, more often, onto nearby ground, using what is known as a hopper toilet. This ranges from a hole in the floor to a full-flush system (possibly with sterilization).
While modern trains won't litter the tracks with human excrement, the traditional method did just that. This is what was known as a hopper toilet. It could either be a simple hole in the floor (also known as a drop chute toilet) or a full-flush system.
Most trains don't have sewage tanks so anything in the toilet is dumped straight onto the tracks. Human waste is deposited onto the tracks at Paddington station on a daily basis, causing it to pile up and create a disgusting mess.
If you have travelled on-board as train, then you probably would have used the toilet and seen the sign warning you not to flush in the station. Well, the reason is probably just as gruesome as you may have feared. Because in some cases, trains still dispose of waste straight onto the tracks.
So, nothing would happen. You close the lid, as you would any other toilet, to keep the cloud of germs from spraying all over the room. Airline toilets are serviced by the ground crew. No airline releases their waste in the air.
Most would throw up their hands and race to the nearest toilet. Unfortunately, loco pilots of superfast trains of the Indian Railways have no such luxury. These loco pilots, vital to the smooth running of trains, have no access to toilets during their long journeys, which stretch to as long as five hours, non-stop.
There is generally at least one toilet every four carriages.
The toilets at the Victoria Place shopping centre above the station will also be available to use for free. Ian Hanson, Network Rail's stations director for the South East route, said: “This investment is part of our ongoing work to make London Victoria station a welcoming, accessible and pleasant place for passengers.
Our VLocity trains have toilets that are equipped with baby change facilities, however, our older locomotive carriages and Sprinter trains do not have these facilities. Baby change facilities are also available at Southern Cross Station. On V/Line services, children under 10 years old cannot travel alone.
If the train has a toilet then there will usually be a sign in your carriage pointing you in the direction of the nearest one. Don't assume there will always be a toilet though. Short distance commuter trains don't always have them, they tend to only be on longer distance trains.
Where does the water go after you flush the toilet or drain the sinks in your home? When the wastewater flushed from your toilet or drained from your household sinks, washing machine, or dishwasher leaves your home, it flows through your community's sanitary sewer system to a wastewater treatment facility.
Long gone are the days when train toilets opened up directly onto the track. New systems carry their own treatment plant and on-board bio-reactors. But it seems the bacteria that should break down the waste is being overworked on busy trains – leaving an unpleasant smell.
Getting Rid of Poo
Most boats have holding tanks, which can be pumped into an on-shore facility, and some have a Y-shaped valve with the ability to either store waste or directly release the contents of the holding tank into surrounding water.
Intercity and regional trains have toilets on board. On the Central Coast & Newcastle Line, toilets are only open in the outer suburban and intercity areas.
All North American diesel-electric locomotives have a toilet room either down in the nose in front of the cab (which I called the “hell hole”) or behind the cab.
Toilets are provided at the end of all carriages. Accessible toilets are located in the Buffet and saloon - first class car.
Early toilets ranged from a Hooper Toilet, which was a hole in the floor (drop chute), to primitive flushing systems. The waste was dropped to the track bed. For sanitary reasons, when the train was in the station, the toilets were locked. Railroads throughout the world still dispose of waste that way.
These trains were introduced before GTR took over Southern, to reduce overcrowding on the busy south coast route and the class of train you are referring to, which does not have a toilet, can only be operated with a conductor on board to dispatch the train so there is always one present, otherwise it has to be ...
That's because most trains don't have sewage tanks, meaning anything in the toilet is dumped straight onto the tracks. So as you can imagine, if the train is stationary, it can cause huge problems.
The traditional method of disposing human waste from trains is to deposit the waste onto the tracks or, more often, onto nearby ground, using what is known as a hopper toilet. This ranges from a hole in the floor to a full-flush system (possibly with sterilization).
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Toilet charges at two of London's busiest stations have been scrapped after passengers paid out thousands to spend a penny. The 50p fee to use the toilet facilities at Victoria station and Charing Cross has been temporarily suspended, Network Rail said.
A spokesman for TfL explained why. He said: "Toilets are not provided on the TfL Rail/Elizabeth Line trains. "Adding toilets to the trains would take up space and displace approximately 600 passengers per hour. "A number of stations will have toilet facilities."
Each seated coach provides access to an accessible toilet. For guests staying in an accessible room, there is an accessible toilet adjacent to the room. Standard toilet facilities or en-suite facilities re available for guests staying in other (non-accessible) rooms.
Conductors and station staff are available to assist you throughout your journey. Accessible toilets are available on all Sprinter and VLocity trains. Limited accessible toilets are available on locomotive-hauled services.