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Human waste spills on walkway at Sussex railway station (From The Argus)
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Human waste spills on walkway at Sussex railway station
10:00am Thursday 14th February 2013 in News
Passengers were left holding their noses after human waste leaked onto a walkway at a railway station.
Commuters had to shuffle past a pile of human waste on the subway in Three Bridges station.
The waste pile , which rail passengers described as giving off a “blood-curdling smell” and spread across the path, was left for more than 12 hours after contractors failed to deal with it correctly.
The problem was first reported at 4.20pm on Monday, February 11 when the drainage system underneath the subway at Three Bridges station backed up, ejecting an amount of waste onto the floor.
The area was immediately cordoned off by station staff and a contractor was called to deal with the situation.
Unfortunately, when the contractor arrived, the waste was covered with sanitising materials which failed to remove it.
The contractor returned to the station early on Tuesday morning (February 12) to clear the drain which finally resolved the problem.
The station is currently undergoing extensive work to transform the site into one of 14 national nerve centres for the rail network.
A Southern spokesman said it was not believed the drainage problem was linked to these improvement works.
A Southern spokesman said: “We would like to apologise to passengers who had to endure a less than fragrant walk into and out of the station subway, and can assure them that at no time was there any risk to their health.”
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Comments(4)
BURIRAM
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12:06pm Thu 14 Feb 13
Tallywhacker
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12:52pm Thu 14 Feb 13
DSummers wrote:You have to admit though that their attempts at re-creating the New York subway system of the 70s by letting graffiti "artists" repaint the trains every day is novel so the vomit merely increases the experience of those lost days. I'm waiting for the return of the smelly vagrant asleep in the seat at the end of the carriage waking up and abusing random fellow travelers then wandering off muttering to himself.
I got on a FCC train earlier in the week and someone had been very, very sick over one of the seats. Instead of being cleaned it had been taped off with yellow bio-hazzard tape. Truely revolting and for once I was glad the heating wasn't working or the smell would have been dreadful. Shows once again what FCC think of their "customers".
whereisthe...?
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11:02am Fri 15 Feb 13
We are being treated like cattle daily, fed animal feed (that also turns out to be poisonous), yet tell ourselves "keep calm and carry on etc" cos we're terrified of being seen as "moaners" by our friends, told daily by ads/ newspapers that "moaning is bad".
Its not moaning. Its standing up for your rights, and those of your children, friends and family.
We will look back on this period of history with great shame one day, at how we did nothing.
DSummers says...
11:18am Thu 14 Feb 13