Trivia: Worst designed train toilets

[The exile]

Revolutionary to anyone who hadn't actually tried to use one!

Or who was used to scrabbling around in the pile of soggy paper towels on the floor to find a dry one (and hoping that the “sogginess” came from the sink, not elsewhere.

 

[D6130]

My impression of the hand dryers on the refurbished 158s - on Northern at least - is that, although they still have the same exteriors, the mechanisms seem to be much more powerful and effective than the original ones....which couldn't blow the skin of a rich pudding.

 

[yorksrob]

My impression of the hand dryers on the refurbished 158s - on Northern at least - is that, although they still have the same exteriors, the mechanisms seem to be much more powerful and effective than the original ones....which couldn't blow the skin of a rich pudding.

I'll have to try one and see if I resort to bog roll

 

[The exile]

My impression of the hand dryers on the refurbished 158s - on Northern at least - is that, although they still have the same exteriors, the mechanisms seem to be much more powerful and effective than the original ones....which couldn't blow the skin of a rich pudding.

IIRC the originals worked on a “storage heater” sort of basis to avoid too much power drain. The air passed over blocks which were “trickle heated”. The air flow presumably had to be slow otherwise no heat transfer would have taken place.

 

[D6130]

IIRC the originals worked on a “storage heater” sort of basis to avoid too much power drain. The air passed over blocks which were “trickle heated”. The air flow presumably had to be slow otherwise no heat transfer would have taken place.

....and therefore no drying took place either!

 

[yorksrob]

IIRC the originals worked on a “storage heater” sort of basis to avoid too much power drain. The air passed over blocks which were “trickle heated”. The air flow presumably had to be slow otherwise no heat transfer would have taken place.

Paper towells require no energy at all !

 

[Dr Hoo]

Paper towells require no energy at all !

Hence many lazy users over the years just dropping them in toilet pan, thereby risking blocking then for further use for the rest of the day.

Many people have evidently never discovered the concept of a ‘bin’.

 

[yorksrob]

Hence many lazy users over the years just dropping them in toilet pan, thereby risking blocking then for further use for the rest of the day.

Many people have evidently never discovered the concept of a ‘bin’.

I presume that's why the trains that still have them use the more kitchen roll type towells these days.

 

[physics34]

Presumably that's a typo for 387?

Yeh lol

 

[Parallel]

From memory, GWR, TfW and SWR ‘Express Sprinters’ had their original ‘wall vent’ dryers replaced with varying degrees of other ineffectual dryers. GWR used to have some toilets with the fabric towel pulley dispenser like you occasionally used to see in schools and hospitals, but these are gone now, and actually quite rare to see anywhere these days.

I think the rather ineffectual wall dryer vents are still in the small toilets on the GWR Turbos, as well as at least Northern 158s.

The best on board toilets for me are the Pendolinos, with really powerful hand dryers, but the accessible toilets on class 153s are great too - lots of room, very modern, a decent sized sink and even some mood lighting!

 

[Kite159]

From memory, GWR, TfW and SWR ‘Express Sprinters’ had their original ‘wall vent’ dryers replaced with varying degrees of other ineffectual dryers. GWR used to have some toilets with the fabric towel pulley dispenser like you occasionally used to see in schools and hospitals, but these are gone now, and actually quite rare to see anywhere these days.

I think the rather ineffectual wall dryer vents are still in the small toilets on the GWR Turbos, as well as at least Northern 158s.

The best on board toilets for me are the Pendolinos, with really powerful hand dryers, but the accessible toilets on class 153s are great too - lots of room, very modern, a decent sized sink and even some mood lighting!

The SWR ones have reasonable dryers in the accessible toilet (although it's a case of waiting until the water drains before pressing the button unless you want wet trousers). Similar unit as found on the later day 377s/387s. The dryers in the smaller toilets are the original ones and are rubbish.

I tend to use the toilet paper to dry my hands

 

[170399]

For me it is the space saver toilets on the 745/755 FLIRTs, as soon as you open the door you are pretty much on the loo. Very little room to manoeuvre, even less if you have a bag with you. The only exception to the rule of these space savers are the First Class ones on the Intercity sets (745001-745010) which in my opinion seem very reminiscent of the old Mk3 toilets.

 

[em81]

Some of the sinks on the Northern Sprinters are squeezed tightly in the corner, I wonder whether someone thought you should still be sat on the toilet when washing your hands.