Rubbish bins at UK train stations

[3pr]

So so all my life i have been told that bins were removed from train stations to protect our vital transport infastructure from the ira. A few weeks ago i noticed this at my local station (calstock, cornwall):

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Sorry for the bad angle of the picture i did not want anyone else at the station thinking i was taking a picture of them, not a bin

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I doubt the station is or was top of anyones bombing list but does anybody know why this change has happened now or know anything about it?

[andel]

As part of keeping a station tidy a bin is needed - clear plastic bags ensure you can see whats in the bin - be it rubbish, a bomb or otherwise.

[orudge]

I remember when I was down at King's Cross last summer, I was rather annoyed that there were no bins around. I had to go outside and down the street to find one. I learned later it was due to the threat of terrorism, and so on, but it was still a bit annoying. I've seen bins at other, less busy stations, anyway, so I guess it's just the more important stations that don't have them.

[patter]

As part of keeping a station tidy a bin is needed - clear plastic bags ensure you can see whats in the bin - be it rubbish, a bomb or otherwise.

and a plastic bag doesn't generate much schrapnel unlike the tradition cast iron bins. Its a pity this has led to people getting used to just dropping rubbish on the platform/concourse.

[Kevo00]

Good to see someone had some sense. I don't remember seeing a bin in a station since the 1991 bombs at Victoria and Paddington (I think) that were in litter bins.

[3pr]

I've seen bins at other, less busy stations, anyway, so I guess it's just the more important stations that don't have them.

Im glad they are at other less busy stations as i loathe litter- seems odd it has taken until now for a bin to appear as the line has seen consistent traffic for all of my memory (from the early 90s) and, british rail at the time i think, even went to the trouble of moving the station at gunnislake to a new location, but it took until now for the bins to appear. wow that gives the shocking implication that our railways are badly managed...

[Ameecher]

Those metal hoop bins are quite good, much harder for some of the local muppets to vandalise, a simple and effective sulotion to a problem.

[m3henry]

What? Easy, get Knifey Wifey to slash open the bag and kick the rubbish al over the place

[3pr]

Seeing as we are all getting very into the subject of bins i have an exciting piece of news- the bin was emptied! Although i am not sure by who as it is an unstaffed station. Its always been a fairly tidy station given its circumstances imo.

[Ameecher]

What? Easy, get Knifey Wifey to slash open the bag and kick the rubbish al over the place

So that's what you spend your time doing. I meant with regard to grafitti, a standard bin provides a nice smooth surface for a tag to be scrawled.

[lws1984]

Here in Boston, we recently spent a fair amount of money to get new, overly large bins that are apparently bomb-proof.

However, this plan has ONE WEAKNESS.

The tops of the bins are not securely attached at all. In fact a gust of wind from a departing trolley can blow the lid off of the bin and send it flying into an unfortunate commuter's face.

[Born Acorn]

What? Easy, get Knifey Wifey to slash open the bag and kick the rubbish al over the place

So that's what you spend your time doing. I meant with regard to grafitti, a standard bin provides a nice smooth surface for a tag to be scrawled.

I was going to say... There can't be an easier thing to vandalise than a plastic bag.

[MHTransport]

From Sydney they have removed the bins and lockers at most stations. And upped the fines for leaving rubbish. At some stations you have to walk 1Km or more to find a bin. So all the city council's bins around the station are always overflowing.

All because of the terrorist threat of course; and not to save money on cleaners.


Meanwhile Melbourne still has lockers and bins; those silly Victorians.