The suburban rail network and the Indian Railways got its first air-conditioned toilet, also termed ‘deluxe AC toilet’ at Thane station on the Central Railway (CR) on Saturday
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The suburban rail network and the Indian Railways got its first air-conditioned toilet, also termed ‘deluxe AC toilet’ at Thane station on the Central Railway (CR) on Saturday.
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The Rs 35-lakh toilet has 28 urinals and four flush toilets facilities in the gents’ section, and four flush toilets for women.
It has separate facilities for the differently-abled, too. This is the first toilet, on rail premises, to charge people R1 for using urinals and Rs 5 for flush toilets.
Thane station sees a daily average footfall of seven lakh people and presently has three other toilet blocks.
The toilet will be maintained by a private operator who has advertising rights to earn revenue.
CR authorities will construct more such deluxe AC toilets at other stations depending on the demand.
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