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| Cambridge rail worker's health fears over excrement spray | Cambridge rail worker's health fears over excrement spray |
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| Rail workers are being sprayed by human urine and faeces from passing trains, putting their health at risk. | Rail workers are being sprayed by human urine and faeces from passing trains, putting their health at risk. |
| A Network Rail worker said staff were "genuinely concerned" about excrement, urine and sanitary towels on the tracks. | |
| Network Rail accepted that train toilets which emptied on the track were "outdated and unpleasant" for track workers. | Network Rail accepted that train toilets which emptied on the track were "outdated and unpleasant" for track workers. |
| Greater Anglia said it was hoping to phase out toilets which dump waste. | Greater Anglia said it was hoping to phase out toilets which dump waste. |
| The man who works across the East Anglia region said: "A train would be coming and we'd stand back the recommended distance. | The man who works across the East Anglia region said: "A train would be coming and we'd stand back the recommended distance. |
| "It's not unusual to feel a spray, a kind of mist in the air. That's bad enough, but then you walk back to where you've been working on the tracks there's [faeces] everywhere." | "It's not unusual to feel a spray, a kind of mist in the air. That's bad enough, but then you walk back to where you've been working on the tracks there's [faeces] everywhere." |
| 'Effort needed' | 'Effort needed' |
| Passenger waste is discharged from trains not fitted with retention tanks. | Passenger waste is discharged from trains not fitted with retention tanks. |
| The majority of trains running through Cambridge station are operated by Greater Anglia, First Capital Connect and CrossCountry. | The majority of trains running through Cambridge station are operated by Greater Anglia, First Capital Connect and CrossCountry. |
| More than half of Greater Anglia's trains in the Cambridge area do not have retention tanks. The other two operators' trains do not discharge on to the track. | More than half of Greater Anglia's trains in the Cambridge area do not have retention tanks. The other two operators' trains do not discharge on to the track. |
| "We'd like to see them replaced or modified, but this requires effort from across the industry and funding," said a Network Rail spokesman. | "We'd like to see them replaced or modified, but this requires effort from across the industry and funding," said a Network Rail spokesman. |
| The Department for Transport said the government recognised "this is a very unpleasant experience for railway workers and the public" and was "working closely" with Greater Anglia on a fleet upgrade. | The Department for Transport said the government recognised "this is a very unpleasant experience for railway workers and the public" and was "working closely" with Greater Anglia on a fleet upgrade. |