Toilet on trains

Nick-H

Nice one Steven

But you are right about warming up.... they froze us on our Trivandrum trip. Then tried to make up for it with AC that barely worked (it was just right for me) on the way back!

steven_ber

The trip when my friend was trying to warm-up in the toilet was the Trivandrum - Chennai mail (2624).

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Nick-H

It was the Chennai - Trivandrum Mail that froze us. Amazing coincidence ---or the same carriages, even maybe!!!!!

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Please note, Steven doesn't say whether he was squatting or standing.......

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emjoi

If you are travelling AC, consider just flying. The prices difference can sometimes be not that large.

For shorter trips, just hold it in fer heavens sake.

My wife and kids handled 2nd Class sleeper on a few 8 hour trips. Sometimes the toilets were okay, with the help of some Detol wipes and tissue paper. Sometimes they had to hold their breath and get in and out fast.

john.sw

Here is the lavatory in First Class AC

Mettupalyam to Chennai train.

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indiamike

India is about 'learning to hold it in'.

That being said 'first class' toilets tend to be very decent and if your riding another just sneak up to the first class toilets. Usually no one will notice.

Beena450

I swear, that was not how my first class lav looked like. the only time I ever used first class, I wanted to go back to 2AC, everytime the train came to a standstill you could smell the toilets... they were bad, very bad.

9hanover

Doesn't it depend which class you travel? On an overnight train from Varenasi to Delhi there was a very respectable western toilet plus a shower - that was AC 4 berth sleeper.

aesood

My sympathies to your wife. I am a bit of a girly girl myself and the toilets on the trains, and in India overall (other than in my hotels and at my family's homes) were one of the things I really really needed to get over. I went 3rd AC and there was a Western Style toilet, but I went sleeper class and it was Indian Style which I agree seems to be more hygenic than the sit-down types on trains. My advice to your wife is to bring along toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and/or baby wipes. You won't find hand sanitizer in India but you will find tp and baby wipes. Go quickly, hold your breath, don't go when you are stopped, and if you have diharrea just stop it up with immodium and worry about it later. It took me a good week not to hate India for the lack of sanitation in public alone but once she gets over herself and can see past all of that, it will get a lot better. I hope that helps.

aesood

Oh and as for the 'holding it in' idea I tried that at first and ended up with a nasty bladder infection - pee when you have to pee. Take along bactrum or another all purpse antibiotic in case a bladder infection, or traveller's diharrea accompanied by fever, hits.

lotus blossom

i find the indian loos difficult to navigate with the pants of my salwar down around my ankles, trying to keep them from not slopping in the pee pooling around the foot pedals. it's a bit like a dance, trying to pee while holding up both pant legs and maintaining a firm foot grip to avoid tipping sideways on a fast moving train.

Himalaya Herbals carries a wonderful hand sanitizer that is great to carry on your person whilst in india. it comes in a small pocket size bottle.

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crvlvr

yes,, but the good news is, air fare can be just as cheap as a first class A/c train ticket. so you look into that.