h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Some railway stations are really beautiful - I was in St Pancras for a few hours recently and it really is gorgeous now. But, along with just about every other railway station I've ever been in - and I've been in a lot - the toilets are very nearly disgusting.

What I would do, were I to be in charge of railways, is make the toilets something that nobody minds using. It's difficult to put my finger on it, but the floors are generally horrible. They seem to be made of some kind of non-slip grey matter. But it always always looks dirty and feels sticky. And that's not to get started on the revolting stainless steel toilets - no seats...

bleuch.

I've seen a constant flow urinal at a

truck stop modeled to resemble a waterfall, water constantly trickling and drained so it never pooled, brightly illuminated with no odor. Constant flow can be expensive, but can be justified at peak demand hours.

...'S' tube vapor block, with the second and upward bight of the 'S' tube set so that its top was lower than the base of of the pipe feeding the first 'U' of the 'S', then a long drop to sewer line.

...slope 72 degrees below the horizontal on the drainage in the bottom of the tray.

intriguing

doesn't help the ladies though - and still the matter of where to put your cases is not solved

Certainly would be nice in the stalls having a shelf to put things down on, perhaps behind and above the commode, some place other than the floor. One is doing well if there's a hook to hang ones' coat on.