Flamingo
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Depends on the train. Certainly the tanks on a buffet vehicle should be filled with drinking water!
They are, but on HST's it is still not passed for human consumption until it is coming from the boiler, where as well as being boiled, it is also passed through a steriliser (UV I believe, though I may be mistaken), (also the storage tanks are chlorinated every 4 weeks).
With FGW, drinking water may be given out by the crew using their discretion - if somebody has the money to buy alcohol, they have the money to buy water would be my starting point.