http://infovore.org/archives/2006/12/23/train-toilets-not-such-a-design-nightmare-any-more/ a weblog by Tom Armitage Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://infovore.org/archives/2006/12/23/train-toilets-not-such-a-design-nightmare-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14513 Vicki Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:19:40 +0000 http://infovore.org/archives/2006/12/23/train-toilets-not-such-a-design-nightmare-any-more/#comment-14513 Lordy. What sort of FGW train were YOU on? The bastards that took me to Cornwall and back had ye olde manual locks. Which I much prefer, actually, as the automatic ones give me nightmares. I used to worry that I'd get locked in, but now I worry much more that they might suddenly open themselves unbidden. Lordy. What sort of FGW train were YOU on? The bastards that took me to Cornwall and back had ye olde manual locks. Which I much prefer, actually, as the automatic ones give me nightmares. I used to worry that I’d get locked in, but now I worry much more that they might suddenly open themselves unbidden.

]]> http://infovore.org/archives/2006/12/23/train-toilets-not-such-a-design-nightmare-any-more/comment-page-1/#comment-14265 graybo Thu, 28 Dec 2006 23:07:19 +0000 http://infovore.org/archives/2006/12/23/train-toilets-not-such-a-design-nightmare-any-more/#comment-14265 I live on a branch line in Sussex (well, not <i>on</i> it, as that would be dangerous, but near it) which now boasts the newest rolling stock in the country (having until recently boasted the oldest stock in the country - 1957, I kid you not). The loos on our trains have the buttons placed opposite the entrance, not by the door. The automatic reaction of most people when entering the loo is to turn around and look by the door for the close button and not on the opposite wall. As I usually sit outside the loo (the thoughtfully, ahem, chosen location of the wheelchair/baby buggy parking bay), I get to see a stream of people looking puzzled as they try to figure out how the close the thing. I live on a branch line in Sussex (well, not on it, as that would be dangerous, but near it) which now boasts the newest rolling stock in the country (having until recently boasted the oldest stock in the country – 1957, I kid you not). The loos on our trains have the buttons placed opposite the entrance, not by the door. The automatic reaction of most people when entering the loo is to turn around and look by the door for the close button and not on the opposite wall. As I usually sit outside the loo (the thoughtfully, ahem, chosen location of the wheelchair/baby buggy parking bay), I get to see a stream of people looking puzzled as they try to figure out how the close the thing.

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