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Some of it is cultural. (I can't speak to their engineering practices or limitations, anyway.) Toilets aren't a given in India. They're generally available i
by ajamesm 10y ago
Some of it is cultural. (I can't speak to their engineering practices or limitations, anyway.) Toilets aren't a given in India. They're generally available in cities. But, for example, on some locomotives, the toilet is a literal shithole cut in the floor, for you to you void directly on the tracks.
source: was tourist
relevant article picked at random: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-is-building-millions-of-toilets-but-toilet-training-could-be-a-bigger-task/2015/06/03/09d1aa9e-095a-11e5-a7ad-b430fc1d3f5c_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/india-is-b...
- furyg3 10y agoThis is actually pretty common, worldwide. The trains in the Netherlands technically 'flush', but they flush right onto the tracks.
- huuu 10y agoYep. Thats why there are signs telling you not to use the toilet at stations. On the other hand the streets in the Netherlands are littered with dog poo..
- gajjanag 10y agoSame in India, there are signs and rules against such usage. But like many such things in India, very few actually care: http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/you-may-be-fined-for-using-toilets-at-stations/article7510828.ece http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/you-may-be-f....
- kctess5 10y agoHonestly it seems like a reasonable system. That kind of waste will decompose extremely quickly.
- refurb 10y agoThat's true, but it's also a matter of volume. Flushing a toilet every 10 miles of track sounds fine, but with enough passangers it becomes pretty gross.
- kuschku 10y agoIn Germany, we replaced that system several decades ago, because at 160km/h+ that can become pretty risky to do.
- ajamesm 10y agoHuh. Do they have the pretense of a commode, or is it a hole sawn into the floor?
- happyslobro 10y agoI saw this in America in the 90s, on an Amtrack train from Seattle to Los Angeles. When I went to flush, I could see the railroad ties flashing by under the toilet. The staff locked the washroom doors when we entered cities.