"Oren" > wrote in message
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> On Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:52:19 +0100, "Ian Field"
> > wrote:
>
>>>> http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...#ixzz3GJt5JwFo
>>>>
>>> Hi Ian,
>>> Are you able to verify that? If so was the dumping by accident?
>>> I can't imagine the biological hazard dumping the potties
>>> and all the chemicals (the blue stuff) would create? How
>>> could Tomatoes grow in such disinfectant?
>>
>>I'm going to start a betting pool on how many times you were dropped on
>>your
>>head when you were little.
>
> Can I start "a betting pool" on how stupid you Brit's are?
>
> The article was clear to me; "Most modern trains are fitted with
> toilet tanks which are pumped out at depots, but older rolling stock
> vehicles do not have the same system."

Apparently rolling stock gets worn out fairly quickly, so the legislation
doesn't specify a time limit to take the old ones out of service.