adrock1976
Established Member
Who is planning the logistics for this?
A TOC can't just dump some portaloos on Euston concourse. They would have to have it booked well in advanced and signed off by quite a few people. Neither could they open a lounge, would you as a VT member of staff probably living quite a way away from Euston come down to open it up for a few hours? And then the CS customers use up all the supplies and make a mess so the VT passengers have to suffer the next day. And where is this trolley going to come from, with what supplies, with who running it? Lots of things on the railway are meticulously planned - you can't just rock up and do whatever you want with someone else's property, on someone else's station, with some magical staff that pop out of nowhere at the middle of the night (cause I can't see the CS staff guiding a portaloo into the middle of Eversholt Street!)
I was under the impression that both London Euston and Kings Cross are run by Network Rail, a sort of haphazard arms length company of the UK Government. I.e. those stations are owned by us, the UK citizens.
I do get how it can be a nightmare organising portaloos which would only be in use for a short while. Perhaps if sleeper passengers who need the lavatory before boarding in times of disruption, Serco could arrange with the Head of Steam pub (the one at the bus station) which I remember the bar staff give you the code for the door to the toilets.