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Posted by ElectricTraction on Mon Sep 7 20:41:50 2015, in response to Re: Someone remind me, what is the point of light rail again?, posted by AEM-7AC #901 on Mon Sep 7 17:21:59 2015. Because humans might need to actually USE them. Every other commuter rail operation in the entire country, with the exception of old Metra Electric equipment, and RTD, which bought the StupidLiners, has bathrooms.SEPTA's excuses about maintaining bathrooms are utterly and totally LAME. MN maintains bathrooms. LIRR maintains bathrooms. MBTA maintains bathrooms. NJT maintains bathrooms. MARC maintains bathrooms. See the pattern? And their excuse about having different terminals that trains end up in is utterly ridiculous NJT, MBTA, and LIRR all also operate networks with many remote storage yards, and they all pump the toilets somehow. No Canadian operator has bathrooms, but AFAIK, they all offer washrooms, even on the new Union-Pearson Express in Toronto. In fact, in their sales pitch, washrooms are one of the amenities listed as a feature of their service. Far as I can tell, the only substantive difference being that washrooms, like everything else in Canada, are far cleaner than most bathrooms. MN needs trash cans, but lacking trash cans isn't nearly as bad as bathrooms. And I believe SEPTA also lacks trash cans. Probably should be another FRA rule. Unfortunately, it boils down to the bottom line that SEPTA hates their customers, and that the leadership of SEPTA would like to haul all the trains into a yard and scrap them rather than actually operate a commuter railroad. It's a shame that this type of attitude exists. They make LIRR's total lack of competence look good in comparison. |
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