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Best/worst station toilets

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VTPreston_Tez

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Best-Roma Termini, the only toilets in Europe that are actually worth paying for.
Worst-Anything else you have to pay for (bar Euston), and Preston/replacements in general. I'm not too keen on Manchester Victoria's but the advertisements in there disturb me...
 
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Aye. Went in the new ones today, totally away from the old ones (which are now shut), very nice and clean indeed!

What, Man Vic has new ones ! About time - although I didn't notice them when I passed through today :)
 

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The worst station toilets I used were outside of Chengdu Nan, China. The stunk, no doors on the stalls, no paper and infested with flies. Made me vomit and could only face a pee. Had an awful stomach ache in taxi and checking into hotel before I could off load!

In the UK Manchester Victoria's are terrible, even if just for a pee. I also remember using St. Pancras International when it was rather new and the toilets were vandalised and falling to bits. Most toilets in London Terminals seem ok, Paddington and Kings Cross always seem pretty clean, even if you do have to climb down stairs.
 

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Antwerp airport used to have a revolving toilet seat that after you'd 'finished' and flushed underwent some sort of UV treatment. Unfortunately, last time I went there was a normal seat.

Most large Belgian stations have a paying toilet for about 50 cents:

Brussels Central, Brussels South, Liege, Gent St Pieters, Brugge (Bruges), Namur :D

Charleroi, Antwerpen :(
 

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OK, I'm a girl, but an ex told me to go in to the Gents at the bus station in Corralejo, Fuerteventura. A spider is painted on to the urinal and it actually looks rather lifelike. The idea being that man will aim at it and there is no splash effect! Looked pretty clean and dry to me! Is this a common feature in urinals? Does this demonstrate how all men's minds work? :D
 

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OK, I'm a girl, but an ex told me to go in to the Gents at the bus station in Corralejo, Fuerteventura. A spider is painted on to the urinal and it actually looks rather lifelike. The idea being that man will aim at it and there is no splash effect! Looked pretty clean and dry to me! Is this a common feature in urinals? Does this demonstrate how all men's minds work? :D
That's pretty good, and useful.. In answer to your questions: 1) No. 2) Yes.
 

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Wolverhampton gents, platform 1. The CCTV over the urinals is particularly offputting despite Virgin's assurances that it only ever points at the entrance way rather than down the pans themselves as it were! Extremely nasty.

Sleaford station bog also wasn't particularly pleasant last time I went there. That said a tramp had appeared from there shortly before I entered (a pretty grim smelling one at that) so they may have had a fair excuse on this occasion.
 

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OK, I'm a girl, but an ex told me to go in to the Gents at the bus station in Corralejo, Fuerteventura. A spider is painted on to the urinal and it actually looks rather lifelike. The idea being that man will aim at it and there is no splash effect! Looked pretty clean and dry to me! Is this a common feature in urinals? Does this demonstrate how all men's minds work? :D

Not a railway one, but the shopping centre in Epsom have painted targets on theirs....:roll:
 

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The ones at Lille Flanders are a little odd. You pay a lady 50cents, then you go in through a western bar style doorway which covers only your torso. At least they are resonably clean. Not really a station toilet, but the bogs in The Flying Scotsman at Kings Cross are pretty grim, especially when you just start your leak and a ropey stripper knocks past you after laying a steamer!
 

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The toliets at Worcester Foregate Street tend to be closed most of the time due to vandalism. :roll:

I think their having a refurbishment currently though.
 

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chester's are disgusting, even the refurbished set on the concourse are awful.
 

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That's pretty good, and useful.. In answer to your questions: 1) No. 2) Yes.

*like* :D
--- old post above --- --- new post below ---
Well Gents, you are opening my eyes to the world of urinals! And the male mind! Ha ha!
 

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chester's are disgusting, even the refurbished set on the concourse are awful.

Can't speak for the Gents, but the platform 4 toilets (both Gents and Ladies I'm pretty sure) were refurbed a couple of years ago, and the Ladies at any rate, although basic, has everything you need. The hand dryer is pretty useless but there's usually soap in the dispenser and running water. It serves its purpose.

My OH has used the Gents there and he's quite fussy but hasn't complained!

I agree that prior to the refurb they were quite grotty. How long is it since you've inspected them?
 

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have they still got the old pull chains?
Despite nearly marrying a lass from there and using its station many times I never experienced them.
 

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Personally I prefer that there is a charge for using station toilets (especially unbarriered stations) as a way of deterring vagrants and undesirables.

My thoughts exactly, i know 30p may be a bit much but i'd rather pay that than have to put up with the dossers, cottagers at some station Toilets ecc.

Best ones are the ones that charge 30p, at least there's an attendant & the Toilets are regularly cleaned.
 

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Taking the risk of reviving an old thread, I arrived here looking for something else completely but got drawn into the replies. A few London candidates for the worst:

London Bridge P6, as previously mentioned. Completely inadequate for the number of people who use it, cramped layout, simply getting a cleaner in for 10 minutes must be almost impossible for large parts of the day. Smells horrendous.

Seven Sisters (BR northbound platform) - tough clientele, in a difficult area, on a platform that sees trains taking people home to other difficult areas. Toilet frequently blocked, floor usually covered in puddles. Also located down the back out of sight of most pax/staff (who aren't inclined to deal with trouble in any case) so a lot of misbehaviour of various sorts takes places around/inside it. Very rarely actually closed, though, credit where it's due.

Willesden Junction (NB DC platform) - constantly vandalised, smell terrible, very poorly lit with those drug-deterrent blue lights, not unusual to find human 'deposits' all over the floor. Slightly better cleaning/maintenance care with London Overground than in Silverlink days, but with some of the users it gets there's only so much you can do.

It should be said that even the worst toilets I come across on NR aren't a patch on many bus station/local authority run toilets I've had to use.
 

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The ones at Network Rail stations tend to be better than most. If you don't want to spend 30p at Manchester Piccadilly, remember the Pendolinos stay parked up for more than a few minutes ;)
 

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I like the sign on the hot tap at Ely toilets "set at 60C to prevent legionella growth". So I always use the cold tap.
 

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My thoughts exactly, i know 30p may be a bit much but i'd rather pay that than have to put up with the dossers, cottagers at some station Toilets ecc.

Best ones are the ones that charge 30p, at least there's an attendant & the Toilets are regularly cleaned.

well at marleybone there was 3 people waiting by the turnstiles. it was during the olympics so fairly busy. the toilets were very dirty indeed

i dont have an issue paying 30p but why was one not cleaning them properly
 

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Not on a station, but on an Irish Traction Group railtour many years ago, in Craven mk 1 or 2, had mushrooms or fungus growing in toilet, light was full of water, was pretty hilarious, even joked about charging to see the mushrooms and fungus, was just weird experience.
 

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great! Been meaning to dig this up, a punt for perth here, you can smell there clenlyness from the footbridge and they dont disapoint.
Im afraid Prestons although new could do with a bit more cleaning.
 

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I have to say that Sheffield has very nice toilet facilities, I found them to be spotless, have a nice clean smell and they use motion sensors for the water which works well and is hygienic.
 
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