Railways loos connection: Women get a fourth of the toilets that men get
According to the railways, however, the women population is not more than 20 per cent of the total commuters.
As per RTI details provided by both Central Railway (CR) and Western Railway (WR), the number of toilet facilities provided to women is roughly a fourth of what men get. According to the railways, however, the women population is not more than 20 per cent of the total commuters.
But gender divisions aside, the suburban railway network is short of toilets when one looks at the number of commuters along its length.
There are 37 lakh daily WR commuters, while 42 lakh board the CR trains every day. But western line has 847 toilets and stand-alone urinals, while its central counterpart has 1,201 stand-alone urinals, toilets and bathrooms.
And the metropolitan's most crowded western line stations — Borivali, Andheri, Dadar, Vasai and Churchgate — which see an average footfall of 1.5-2 lakh passengers a day, have 225 toilets each, on an avergae, for men and women. The most number of toilets, that is 75, are located at Borivali. Of these, 16 are for women.
On Central Railway, Thane, Dombivali, Kurla and Dadar, which see an average footfall of 2 lakh passengers a day, together account for 352 toilets. Of these, a mere 56 are for women.
Deluxe toilets which are air-conditioned are at Dadar, Thane, Bhayandar, Vasai, Malad, Virar, Bandra Terminus and Andheri.