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4 Nov 2010: SEQ: Please provide trains with toilets north of Caboolture

Started by ozbob, November 04, 2010, 03:48:45 AM

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Media Release 4 November 2010

SEQ:  Please provide trains with toilets north of Caboolture

RAIL Back On Track (http://backontrack.org) a web based community support group for rail and public transport and an advocate for public transport commuters is concerned that Sunshine Coast rail commuters are being forced to travel on suburban trains without toilets on journeys of long duration.  Some of these runs are potentially three hours and it is a long time to sit with one's legs crossed.  Commuters are perplexed as they note Interurban Multiple Unit (IMU) trains (toilet equipped) running short haul suburban runs around Brisbane whilst on many of long haul runs north, for example Nambour (1) and beyond they have to sit it in Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) or Suburban Multiple Unit (SMU) trains which don't have toilets.  It is even more confounding as passengers note IMU trains sitting in the marshalling yards as they pass on by in the toilet-less trains. We have been raising this issue now for a number of years (2).

Robert Dow, Spokesman for RAIL Back On Track said:

"RAIL Back On Track has received consistent feedback from north coast commuters concerned about the failure to provide toilet equipped trains on the interurban runs north.  This is further problematical as many stations don't have toilets open for use either!"

"Yesterday, the 3rd of November I travelled on the 3.08pm service to Roma St from Nambour which was an EMU 6 car train, with no toilets. It was a very uncomfortable journey. We noted a Queensland Rail advertisement in the Brisbane mX yesterday asking 'What do accessible trains and stations mean to you?' (3). Well, to the many passengers north of Caboolture having access to toilets is part of what accessible trains and stations means to them."

"We believe it is not an unreasonable request from the north coast commuters for toilet equipped trains. Particularly as we note IMU trains frequently running short haul suburban services around the Brisbane suburban network."

"Can Queensland Rail consider providing IMU trains for the north coast interurban runs as an automatic allocation please?  We appreciate the lack of funding for Queensland Rail passenger services did lead to the need for some non toilet trains to do the long haul runs, but now that the new trains are available surely something can be done?"

References:

1. http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=3031.msg38273#msg38273

2. 9 November 2008 SEQ: Please stop for us or we will do it on the train!  http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=1503.0

3. http://railbotforum.org/mbs/index.php?topic=1503.msg38352#msg38352

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This ad was in the Brisbane mX 3rd November 2010 page 17

"To us, accessibility means that the widest range of customers can use our stations and trains with ease, regardless of disability, age or travelling requirements ..."

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