Date: 01/04/2019

Ever been caught short at a station scrambling for coins to pay for the toilet? Now passengers at the UK's busiest railway stations will be able to spend a penny for free - after Network Rail scrapped charges. On Monday, London Liverpool Street, London King's Cross and Edinburgh Waverley became the last of its 20 stations to make their toilets free. Previously, some charged up to 50p per person.

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Some stations charged up to 50p to use the loo, but now Network Rail says it wants to put "passengers first".

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Looking north east across Bridge Street, Kirkcudbright, on 22 September 1970. By this time the former terminus had been closed for over 5 years, although the station 'Gents' on the right remained in public service. In the distance are the abandoned locomotive shed and signal box, while the wall of the old goods shed stands on the left. Not long afterwards much of the area was cleared to make way for a housing development, although the station buildings themselves survive in other guises – even the Gents! [See image 25445]
Location: Kirkcudbright
Company: Kirkcudbright Railway
22/09/1970 John Furnevel

There is little danger of running out of water in the Gents at Romsey, as it has been cunningly located under the old steam engine water tank on the Westbound platform, seen here in May 2011. Notice the blanked off ladder.
Location: Romsey
Company: Salisbury Branch (London and South Western Railway)
14/05/2011 Ken Strachan

Melrose 1975. Station building on the down platform - almost overshadowed by the magnificent Gents (now located at Bewdley station on the Severn Valley Railway).
Location: Melrose
Company: Edinburgh and Hawick Railway (North British Railway)
//1975 Bill Roberton