Busáras toilets, Worst in the country?

foggy_lad

I had to use the toilets in busaras early yesterday afternoon and was shocked at the state of them!

No locks on cubicle doors, holes in cubicle walls for viewing I presume? A general stink of disease and sickness in the place which could not be masked by the gallons of disinfectant being used.

The floor in three cubicles was awash with urine, walls are dirty and have not been painted in years, air Vents are covered in a grimy dust and the dirty UV lights in each cubicle finish the look of pestilence off nicely!

When are bus eireann going to put in proper toilets instead of this rotten cess pit?

Judgement Day

They (BE) aren't - all the money was spent putting a smarter appearance on the passenger waiting area and anyway even if they did revamp the toilets they wouldn't look after them. Bray station toilets would be a close second to Busaras and I have written to Dick Fearn about them several times, to no avail. He is probably too busy thinking up new ways of spending EU funds to prop up the railway rolling stock manufacturing industry in the Far East.

angel01

I try to never use public toilets, just for that very reason :eek:

foggy_lad

JD I have used the toilets in bray and other stations when caught short but busaras has to be the worst! But then the old attitude of ye are lucky to have toilets and shops and a restaurant at all in the city's only bus station is something bus eireann are known for and proud of!

Customers are only an inconvenience to be tolerated but not cared for in case they/we multiply?

buffalo

The most outrageous thing about the toilets in Busaras is the fact that you have to pay for use of the cesspit. Where does this money go?

ArcadeFred

The women's are usually alright... I'm in there most weeks and haven't had too many bad experiences. Maybe I just have low expectations !

foggy_lad

also on the poor toilets list are most of the old railway stations around the country like newbridge kildare etc although Connolly station toilets are always spotless and are modern and new but surely that cant last now they are charging to use them?

i think the difference between connolly station and busaras or Heuston station could be the quality of the security prescence as i often see junkies coming out of the toilets in busaras and being chased out by the useless security but they should not be letting these people in the doors at all! when they are chasing them out the damage is done! in Connolly the security dont tolerate any junkies or beggars and they are stopped usually as they enter the building and turned on their heel!

Run_to_da_hills

Pearse St Station are also nasty, a gallon of bleach wouldn't go astray.

Cookie_Monster

Busaras toilet are not an experience I ever want to repeat :mad:

Sponge Bob

Smackheads use them all the time, that's why.

BrianD3

I remember when those Busaras toilets were redone, it's around 10 or 11 years ago. I think they were supposed to be vandal resistant but within a week the locks were busted off the cubicles and there was other vandalism that I can't remember.

The toilets that were there before were bad too, you'd have tramps washing themseleves at the sinks, sh1t smeared on the walls and not cleaned off for weeks or months, no locks on the cubicles etc.

Morlar

+1 for connolly street style security.

loyatemu

Run_to_da_hills wrote: »

Pearse St Station are also nasty, a gallon of bleach wouldn't go astray.

you have to wonder if the UV lighting in Pearse is still necessary now that the new turnstiles have been installed - not only is it a lot more difficult to get onto the platform (where the toilets are located) but there is a permanent staff presence nearby now.

They are really grotty too - I'm always amazed when I go into really nasty loos in pubs and stations and find the cleaning rota on the wall has just been signed by some staff member or other - I assume they only go in to sign the sheet and not to do any actual cleaning.

Cookie_Monster

The whole of Pearse is grotty and horrible.

What a station it was and could be if IE had any interest, rather than just turning it into car park space.

The whole area behing the southbound platform is a wasted space

Jackovarian

Anytime I go into the ones in Busaras I have to keep telling people to jump the turnstyle. That thing hasnt worked for years.

Trampas

buffalo wrote: »

The most outrageous thing about the toilets in Busaras is the fact that you have to pay for use of the cesspit. Where does this money go?

I have had to use them when getting last bus home.

You can easily walk in without paying.

It is a squeeze but not to tight

ArcadeFred

I fit underneath the turnstile

I know I said they're alright most of the time but there's still no way I'd PAY for those toilets!

DWCommuter

To bring a bit of "age" to the debate, the jacks in Bus Aras used to be pristine. Some may not have liked it, but an attendant was always present, it was clean, well kept and free of vermin.

I guess CIE cutbacks and the pursuit of profit brought the turnstile and smelly environment. Afterall in the age of the Celtic Tiger, the customer was simply a means to an end and nowadays are simply a by product for a company that has lost all sense of customer focus because its safety net of Government subsistance is threatened.

patrickbrophy18

The ridiculous thing is that you have to pay for them (albeit a minute amount). However, given the condition of those toilets, they shouldn't cost a thing to use. This is also the case with the toilets at Connolly Station. It's an absolute shambles charging passengers for toilet use. It should come as part of the "luxury" of travelling on public transport.

mullyfive0

I generally use the toilets in Robert Reade's pub across from Busaras

Our man in Havana

mullyfive0 wrote: »

I generally use the toilets in Robert Reade's pub across from Busaras

Indeed, I usually do have a pint in there.

ArcadeFred

patrickbrophy wrote:

The ridiculous thing is that you have to pay for them (albeit a minute amount). However, given the condition of those toilets, they shouldn't cost a thing to use. This is also the case with the toilets at Connolly Station. It's an absolute shambles charging passengers for toilet use. It should come as part of the "luxury" of travelling on public transport.

The toilets at Connolly are lovely! Recently refurbished and cleaned regularly, as far as I can see.