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Tuesday 9 Aug 2022

Station toilets uncovered after 30 years and given new lease of life

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Passengers at Bristol Temple Meads will benefit from more toilets after a bathroom last seen in the 1990s was rediscovered, given a huge refurbishment and now reopened.

The toilets on platforms 10 and 12 were last in use in the early 1990s as a men’s bathroom before they were sealed up when work was carried out at Bristol Temple Meads.

They remained sealed up until they were rediscovered in 2019 when improvements were being made to the station.

Under the Putting Passengers First programme, Bristol Temple Meads has been able to secure funding to renovate the facilities and bring them back into public use, this time as female toilets.

Following several decades of being sealed up, the facilities required a complex restoration owing to both the condition they were found in and to ensure that they were in keeping with the station’s Grade I listing.

Andy Philips, Network Rail’s station manager for Bristol Temple Meads, said: “We’re pleased that passengers at Bristol Temple Meads will now be able to access these new facilities, which will alleviate pressure on the existing female toilets in the station subway, which can get busy at peak times.

“With more improvements on the way for Bristol’s iconic station in the future, we’re happy that we can offer these expanded and improved facilities for our passengers.”