Stations with water refill points

[crablab]

You can fill up your bottle for free, but it has options on it such as for ice cold water for 75p if you wanted it.

These have replaced ordinary fountains where you just put your bottle underneath and the water started.
I believe it's something like 5 taps through a menu on a massive touchscreen now? Sometimes the application crashes.
It seems completely unnecessary.

There's at least one at Reading, by the way.

 

[Britannia94]

Leeds has two I can think of. One on platform 8 near gents toilets and the other on the bridge, next to the ticket booth which is tucked away in the corner.

 

[pj13]

Certain Southampton Centeral in the waiting room on Platform 1

 

[Trainlog]

These have replaced ordinary fountains where you just put your bottle underneath and the water started.
I believe it's something like 5 taps through a menu on a massive touchscreen now? Sometimes the application crashes.
It seems completely unnecessary.

There's at least one at Reading, by the way.

Shame they cant do both as i can see the system crashing being a huge problem on a hot day.

I'll definetly keep the one in Reading in mind - whereabouts in the station is it for future reference?

 

[william.martin]

Wolverhampton has one on platform 4 by the stairs.

Birmingham New Street had one by the red zone entrance for platform 10/11.

Telford Central has one in the station concourse/ building.

 

[Techniquest]

Shame they cant do both as i can see the system crashing being a huge problem on a hot day.

I'll definetly keep the one in Reading in mind - whereabouts in the station is it for future reference?

I used it myself today, it was in the waiting room near platforms 1-3

 

[Trainlog]

I used it myself today, it was in the waiting room near platforms 1-3

Thank you!

 

[AlastairFraser]

Just to confirm, both Picc dispensers are still broken. Does anyone know when these will be fixed?

 

[QueensCurve]

Is there a list anywhere for stations with water bottle refill points?

I know most Network Rail operated stations have them, thought the one at Euston wasn't working on Saturday and going by the state of the out of order sign, hasn't worked for a while.

List of stations with water refill stations (Upto posst 21)

Birmingham International

Birmingham New Street

Bristol Temple Meeds

Carlisle

Colchester

Coventry

Crewe

Edinburgh Waverley

Ely

Glasgow Central

Grantham

Leicester

Liverpool Central

Liverpool South Parkway

London Euston

London Kings Cross

London Liverpool St

Manchester Picadilly

Moorfields

Newcastle Central

Norwich

Peterborough

Shenfield

South Ealing

Stoke on Trent

Wigan Wallgate

Windermere

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[py_megapixel]

There's one at Wilmslow in the underpass, which was out of order last time I tried to use it.

I think there's also one at Bolton in one of the waiting rooms. Not entirely certain though, I might be confusing it with somewhere else.

 

[800001]

York, main concourse and I think next to costa platform 8, and Darlington inside waiting room.

 

[Peter0124]

Both of the ones at Edinburgh were out of order on Wednesday

 

[Flange Squeal]

The South Western Railway website, which is updated recently enough to include 2022/2023 mentions, says there is one on the balcony at London Waterloo, at the platform 1 end.

Keeping hydrated is one of the best ways to stay comfortable. London Waterloo has a free bottle refill point with fresh water on the balcony opposite platforms 1 and 2 – ideal for topping up on the journey home.

Travelling in hot weather | South Western Railway

Hot weather can make your travel more uncomfortable - but there's easy ways to help. Read more.

www.southwesternrailway.com

 

[dingdinger]

I used it myself today, it was in the waiting room near platforms 1-3

And also platform 7 waiting room!

 

[route101]

How does the water taste? I am quite sensitive to the taste of Tap water. Or is it like mineral water.

I've used water refill points at Birmingham International, Colchester, Crewe, Ely and Peterborough.

Most Costa Coffee and Starbucks cafes will refill your bottle for free - I've never had an issue with any of them and they're a great help at stations which have no refill stations. Starbucks quite often wash my bottle whilst I'm there as well!

Do they wash your bottle in Starbucks with dish soap or just a rinse?

 

[Peter0124]

How does the water taste? I am quite sensitive to the taste of Tap water. Or is it like mineral water.


Do they wash your bottle in Starbucks with dish soap or just a rinse?

Its actually quite nice and cold! Though I dont know if its straight from the tap.

 

[Techniquest]

And also platform 7 waiting room!

I must confess I'm not aware of that one, but I'll be noting that for future reference

Its actually quite nice and cold! Though I dont know if its straight from the tap.

I had multiple options on the machine I used in Reading, the tap water (free) option was not chilled and didn't taste amazing. I didn't expect much else to be honest, I was just grateful to have the option. There were chilled water and filtered water options, which were not super expensive but I didn't try them.

That Refill scheme mentioned that some shops/cafes offer, I have to confess I've never used. Now I'm familiar with it, I'll have to try it some time. With the prices Starbucks charge, I won't mind asking for a refill with tap water into my bottle. I paid the best part of £4 for a medium black coffee yesterday, which was bordering on insane. I was super decaffeinated though, to the point of having to be willing to accept such an insane price. £3.73 to be exact, including a 5p takeaway cup charge. I'll be here all day discussing my displeasure in such crazy pricing, so I won't go there, and when I next visit I'll see about this Refill scheme and feed back on it!

 

[Russel]

I must confess I'm not aware of that one, but I'll be noting that for future reference



I had multiple options on the machine I used in Reading, the tap water (free) option was not chilled and didn't taste amazing. I didn't expect much else to be honest, I was just grateful to have the option. There were chilled water and filtered water options, which were not super expensive but I didn't try them.

That Refill scheme mentioned that some shops/cafes offer, I have to confess I've never used. Now I'm familiar with it, I'll have to try it some time. With the prices Starbucks charge, I won't mind asking for a refill with tap water into my bottle. I paid the best part of £4 for a medium black coffee yesterday, which was bordering on insane. I was super decaffeinated though, to the point of having to be willing to accept such an insane price. £3.73 to be exact, including a 5p takeaway cup charge. I'll be here all day discussing my displeasure in such crazy pricing, so I won't go there, and when I next visit I'll see about this Refill scheme and feed back on it!

It sounds like you should avoid Starbucks! Though in my opinion that's good advice in general.

Back on the subject of water fountains, anyone have any idea what makes them so prone to breaking at railway stations?

 

[py_megapixel]

The paid offering from these machines is described as "Sipple Hydration 2X filtered, UV sterilised and super chilled" - or at least it was about a year and a half ago, when I was bored and examined one of these machines in detail (though didn't pay for the water so can't comment on the taste compared to normal tap water).

 

[Techniquest]

The paid offering from these machines is described as "Sipple Hydration 2X filtered, UV sterilised and super chilled" - or at least it was about a year and a half ago, when I was bored and examined one of these machines in detail (though didn't pay for the water so can't comment on the taste compared to normal tap water).

It still is something like that, if I find such a machine later then I'll make notes and/or take a photo. I might even pay for some and see what it's like, depends on the mood but I'm very intrigued!

 

[LUYMun]

Clapham Junction has a free water filling machine at the corner of the waiting room on platforms 9/10. Not sure about other platforms though.

 

[alxndr]

There’s one on the edge of the car park at Gourock, but it’s part of the Scottish Water “top up tap” scheme.

 

[43010]

London Paddington has one next to the toilets by platform 12 - this one is also a Chilly's Refill Station, enabling users to purchase Chilly's bottles and/or filtered/chilled water if regular tap water does not suffice.

 

[Birkonian]

Liverpool Lime Street has one just outside the toilets. I used it yesterday.

 

[td97]

Crewe

Crewe is only the waiting room on P6. Not handy for the other island platforms on the station.

thought the one at Euston wasn't working on Saturday and going by the state of the out of order sign, hasn't worked for a while.

Just to confirm, both Picc dispensers are still broken. Does anyone know when these will be fixed?

Status update of these from NR various posts on Twitter

We are not able to fix the fountain and there is a break in the pipe that feeds it also. We need to replace the whole thing and we will do this as soon as we can, but we don’t have a date to share with you at the moment. Sorry for the delay.

https://twitter.com/AliaPike/status/1701997923838447963?t=YpP7pi8zRXCZmbCoTiVqew&s=19

This has been escalated for replacement as soon as possible. Sorry for any inconvenience caused.

https://twitter.com/NetworkRailMAN/status/1702214952105263288?t=6E5nMUwmaeu3HydmfZOPZw&s=19

 

[AlastairFraser]

Status update of these from NR from a user on Twitter
Piccadilly NR didn't provide a helpful reply.
https://twitter.com/AliaPike/status/1701997923838447963?t=YpP7pi8zRXCZmbCoTiVqew&s=19

This seems to relate to London Euston's broken fountain, not Man Picc's.

 

[Russel]

Makes you think a simple tap would have been a much more reliable solution...

 

[td97]

This seems to relate to London Euston's broken fountain, not Man Picc's.

Last section of post #55

 

[AlastairFraser]

Last section of post #55

Ah sorry, didn't show at first.

 

[Jellyfish261]

There is one in the waiting room at Machynlleth