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London’s tube and rail stations to get public toilets, with first seven stations announced
(www.ianvisits.co.uk)
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What did they have before? Yould think this was required infrastructure.
It was never a priority when a lot of these stations were built, and retro fitting toilets underground will be an expensive project.
I don't recall during a holiday when I was there, but have heard some parts smell because people relieve themselves in the station? Or was that new York?
Yeah there is a problem with public urination in London, probably related to the lack of public toilets (and the stupid closing times of those that remain). I don't really notice the smell in most places though, London has a strong city smell anyway.
The tube has that dusty smell that also smells like stale air, and then you feel air rushing at you thirty seconds before the train arrives.