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"do not use in stations" this sign is right by the handle to flush the toilet. Does this mean you cannot piss or crap in stations or just that you cannot flush? Whats your view and what do you think of this stupid sign? Has anyone else out there ever wondered about this?
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NO NEVER WONDERED ABOUT IT BUT SINCE YOU ASKED I WOULD ASSUME IT MEANT NOT TO FLUSH IN THE STATIONS FOR SANITARY REASONS. YOU DO REALIZE THAT THE TOILETS DUMP ON THE TRACKS?.I saw A train eng. yrs ago at Sacremento,What was it?
It means do not inject drugs while in the station. take a crap and enjoyHoW MUCH DOES IT COST TO BUY A WEEKLY TRAIN TICKET TO COLCHESTER FROM LONDON?
In the "old" days, the toilets flushed directly onto the tracks, so, obviously they didn't want fresh waste dumped in front of the station.how do i get from stirling to kinlochard nr aberfoyle by bus or train?
I think all modern trains have holding tanks since homes are all over the place now, and home owners complained about trains dumping crap on the tracks.
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Most people seem to take it quite literally and don't bother to flush anyway. I can't stand those loos and avoid them at all costs. If you're reading the signs in the loo and remembering them though, that's a sure sign you're spending too much time in there... Get out a bit more!They used to say do not use toilets when trains are standing in stations,at some point a train will be stood in a station somewhare,meaning you cannot use a toilet on a train at all,ever,back to reality it means do not flush as your waste ends up on the track in the station,i suppose liquid would be ok but a big dump complete with paper,well
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I think it means don't flush. i don't think the flush has a tank and therefore flushes straight out as you are traveling down the raill. So if you flush @ the station you have crap sittting @ the station for everyone to smell, where no one can get to it to clean it up b/c of all the trains comming and going all the time.What's the route of the Vermonter between Amherst and Springfield, Mass.?
it means you cant flush in stations when you flush it goes on to the trackshow long does a mile long train take to cross a crossing gate?
The when you flush the toilet on a train EVERYTHING falls onto the track, you cannot do it in a station because it will just sit on the track in the station so it isn't a stupid sign, would you like to wait for a train and have a turd sitting on the track with flies all around it?Why still today Kolkata-Dhaka direct passenger train not yet introduced.What's the problem?
Years ago while living in Montreal, I used to commute daily via the train. And as unpleasant as it may sound, the toilets on most trains simply flushes directly onto the tracks.Imagine if people were not asked to avoid using the loo while in the station, the tracks could start getting rather messy and smelly.
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I say ignore the sign & take a whizz or turd just to see what happens? If you do leave a smoldering turd on platform number 1 blame it on someone else! Happy chuntering!It will only appear on older types of train which flush straight onto the track. All trains built since about 1990 (think types 159, 165 and 166 were the first) are fitted with waste retention tanks which are emptied out when the train returns to the depot for overnight servicing/inspections. These can be used at any time
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Only older train coaches flush toilets directly out onto the track, so that sign is disappearing as new trains come into service which flush into holding tanks under the train.The reason why we're not supposed to use the onboard train lavatories while they're in a station, is because when we flush the loo, what's in it simply flops down onto the tracks. In a station this results in a horrid pong. Out in the country, where the train is racing along, what we flush out of the loo is vapourised - sort of.
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The sign is there for hygenic reasons - do not use the loo while standing in the station - DO NOT FLUSH!
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they are because the wast is fushed strighte out off the train on to the tracki don't think they want toilet wast on the tracks in front of the station
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as someone who has worked on or should i say under a train in a station when someone was stupid enough to use the on board toilet i we worth knowing that using a loo in the station is actually against railway by laws and believe it or not people do actually get convicted of this offence imagine having to declare that when you go for a job !!The sign says "do not use" rather than "do not flush" perhaps to make it understandable to foreigners with less than perfect English.
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The reason not to flush is, as others have mentioned, the waste goes on to the track, so the railway station would not be a pleasant place to be, in time.
Although you could use the toilet without flushing, it would not be nice for others who went in after you.
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It used to be that in a train there would be a direct flush system, where it went straight onto the tracks, but during the 70's, some fishermen under a bridge got nailed by a passing Amtrak train, so now there are holding tanks, and so now you can flush at any time.If i ran on the top of a train would i be going the speed of the train plus my running speed?
I take Amtrak every weekend and I have not seen this sign ever. Hmmm...maybe I am not looking either. Amtrak employees - theres something to write about. Weird or what!!Do street-running trains have to follow special regulations?
Ah yes, the passengers will please refrain from flushing the toilets when in the station or yard. None of these cars had holding tanks.More Questions & Answers ...
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