Bristol Temple Meads Station redevelopment

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[ChrisB]

But there are only 3 cubicles in those 'gents' in the subway....

[chuffed]

Add in the cubicles on Platform 12 and it still makes unequal provision...

Still doesn't seem right to have all the Ladies loos stationside and all the Gents outside in the car park
If this position was reversed I am sure there would be even more shrill loud complaints.

[ChrisB]

Presumably only a temporary situation while the toilets are refurbished, we can't comment until the reconfigurement is complete.

[johnneyw]

I noticed the new arrangement at Temple Meads yesterday afternoon while changing onto the Severn Beach line but couldn't see a announcement anywhere as to the estimated duration of the work.  Could it be linked to the general rewiring of the  whole station?

[grahame]

Presumably only a temporary situation while the toilets are refurbished, we can't comment until the reconfigurement is complete.

Oh yes we can 

We can comment on how inadequate and unequal we feel that the temporary arrangements are and, surely, somewhere in the consultations that must have cost millions we have been told what the outcome will be and had a chance to comment.  I would agree that now, with work in progress, any permanent suggestions made would be unlikely to have any effect. 

[grahame]

I would hazard a guess that the footfall of passengers on a daily basis is 60% male 40% female.

Now there is a very VERY interesting guess and study.  I don't know if you're on target there but I do see a variety in balance some times of day / week where passengers are predominately male and times of day / week where females are dominant.   It ranges in the extremes between "am I the only bloke here?" to "oh look - there's a woman".

[johnneyw]

Went into TM^‡(resolve) today. The gents loos in the subway are now branded ladies... the ladies loos are cordoned off.
Toilets are advertised on Plat 10/12...but for ladies only.

Gentleman of the crossed legged variety have to make their way out into the covered car park outside the barriers, where there are 6 smelly dirty unhygenic portaloos.

The subway ladies loos are now reinstated, the gents loos are now shut for whatever works are being carried out.  The platform 10/12 ladies loos are now a temporary gents facility and the portaloos in the old engine shed still there for general use.
Not much notification about timescales or what's being done but here's a photo anyway.