TheSeeker
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From the title of the thread I guessed this was about trains taking on water. Can that be done anywhere? Or just in the depot. I'm sure I've seen small tanker trailers on a platform somewhere.
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Tom B
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I assume that the revenue from the 'value added' services (such as flavoured water, or chilled, or so on) is what pays for the original installation and the ability to offer tap water free - presumably a company runs it on behalf of the station owner.
Russel
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Majority only offer free tap water though.
BeccaOnATrain
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At Manchester Piccadilly are there also refill points on Platform 1? I feel like I have seen something that looks like refill points along that wall - but not 100% sure.
WCRC's tours take on water at Bristol TM from tanks on wheels on the platform.
LickeyIncliner
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Did you try Pret on the main concourse? They're good at letting non-customers refill water bottles - a member of staff directed me there when I asked where I could fill up
Sprinter150
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A shame about Euston's as it hasn't been working for some time.
Avanti installed a water refill point (chilled and very refreshing) at Stafford last month.
Avanti installed a water refill point (chilled and very refreshing) at Stafford last month.
scotrail170407
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The one on platform 8 was always useful when doing a long journey on 1S51 (as a HST) if you didn’t stack up on enough before you got on
philosopher
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At Hampton Court Station, I discovered today that for 20 pence you can fill up your bottle with ‘pure’ water. I did not investigate to see how this differed from standard tap water though.
No one has mentioned Guildford yet. I can't remember its location but think it might be Platform 2.
I can't remember about Woking.
It would be useful if this information was on National Rail Enquiries for each station but it's probably considered a nice to have and there isn't any time or money to add it.
Although saying this, currently I can't get the National Rail Enquiries Android app to download any station information.
Must also apologise for creating a new thread earlier on this. I do usually check but I was busy and didn't.
I can't remember about Woking.
It would be useful if this information was on National Rail Enquiries for each station but it's probably considered a nice to have and there isn't any time or money to add it.
Although saying this, currently I can't get the National Rail Enquiries Android app to download any station information.
Must also apologise for creating a new thread earlier on this. I do usually check but I was busy and didn't.
lyndhurst25
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There is a water refill point at Dalegarth station on the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway.
This is a good point, there are now over 70 of these across Scotland. I've mostly had a good experience using them.
Map: https://www.yourwateryourlife.co.uk/find-my-nearest-tap/
Made good use of the Starbucks at St Pancras and Costa at Edinburgh Waverley
They still haven't fixed Edinburghs two refill points, and same for Eustons one.
Atleast they let me refill my bottles for free in those shops.
They still haven't fixed Edinburghs two refill points, and same for Eustons one.
Atleast they let me refill my bottles for free in those shops.
redreni
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Both dispensers at Manchester Piccadilly still knackered as of half an hour ago.
AlastairFraser
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They've finally fixed the one on the main concourse at least. Just used it!
Techniquest
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Fantastic news, I'll look forward to using it soon
I can't remember right now if it's been mentioned, but there's a refill point in the waiting room on platforms 2/3 at Coventry. My bottles were full or close to it, so I didn't try it out.
Jon C
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Halifax
TLDR, here is the list:
| Station | Location | Notes |
| Alnmouth | ||
| Ashton-under-Lyne | ||
| Basingstoke | In booking hall | Payment required |
| Billericay | ||
| Bingley | ||
| Birmingham International | Platforms 2/3 | |
| Birmingham New Street | ||
| Bishops Stortford | At the end of footbridge above platforms 3/4 | |
| Blackburn | ||
| Blackpool North | ||
| Bolton | Inside waiting room | |
| Bournemouth | Outside platform 3 gateline | 25p surcharge per refill |
| Bradford Forster Square | ||
| Bradford Interchange | ||
| Bristol Temple Meads | ||
| Broxbourne | ||
| Cambridge | ||
| Cambridge North | ||
| Cardiff Central | Near Penarth Road/Station Car Park exit | |
| Carlisle | ||
| Castleford | ||
| Chatham | London-bound platform | |
| Cheadle Hulme | ||
| Chelmsford | ||
| Cheshunt | ||
| Clapham Junction | Platform 9/10 waiting room | |
| Colchester | ||
| Coventry | Platforms 2/3 | |
| Crewe | ||
| Darlington | Waiting room | |
| Dumfries | ||
| Durham | Near platform 1 toilets | |
| East Croydon | At the end of Caithness Walk, to the west of the station | |
| Edinburgh Waverley | ||
| Ely | ||
| Glasgow Central | ||
| Glossop | ||
| Grantham | Platform 2/3/4 | |
| Great Yarmouth | ||
| Greenfield | ||
| Guildford | Platform 2 | |
| Guiseley | ||
| Halifax | ||
| Hampton Court | 20p surcharge for pure water | |
| Harlow Town | ||
| Harrogate | ||
| Hazel Grove | ||
| Hebden Bridge | ||
| Hertford East | ||
| Hexham | ||
| Horsforth | ||
| Ilkley | ||
| Kingston | 25p surcharge | |
| Keighley | ||
| Leeds | (1) Platform 8 (2) Footbridge | |
| Leicester | Both waiting rooms | |
| Levenshulme | ||
| Liverpool Central | ||
| Liverpool South Parkway | ||
| Llandudno | Ticket office/waiting room (limited hours) | |
| London Charing Cross | Main concourse, next to platform 4 | |
| London Bridge | ||
| London Euston | ||
| London King's Cross | ||
| London Liverpool Street | ||
| London Marylebone | Next to Bicester Village stand at main concourse | Payment required |
| London Paddington | Platform 12 | |
| London Victoria | Main concourse (LBSCR side) | |
| London Waterloo | Opposite platforms 1/2 | |
| Lowestoft | ||
| Machynlleth | Inside waiting room | |
| Manchester Oxford Road | ||
| Manchester Piccadilly | (1) Main concourse, (2) satellite lounge | |
| Marks Tey | ||
| Meadowhall | ||
| Mexborough | ||
| Moorfields | ||
| Mossley | ||
| Newcastle Central | Platform 4 | |
| Newton Le Willows | ||
| New Pudsey | ||
| Norwich | ||
| Norwood Junction | Outside station | |
| Oxford | 25p surcharge | |
| Penrith | ||
| Peterborough | ||
| Putney | 25p surcharge | |
| Reading | (1) Platforms 1-3 waiting room, (2) plat 7 w/r | |
| Richmond | 25p surcharge | |
| Rochford | ||
| Rochdale | ||
| Rugby | Top of platforms 2/4 ramp | |
| Salford Central | ||
| Salford Crescent | ||
| Shenfield | Platform 3 | |
| Shipley | ||
| Skipton | ||
| Southampton Central | Inside platform 1 waiting room | |
| South Woodham Ferrers | ||
| Stafford | ||
| Stockport | Platform 2 waiting room | |
| Stoke-on-Trent | Platform 1 near coffee shops | |
| Telford Central | Concourse | |
| Thornton Heath | Outside station | |
| Tottenham Hale | ||
| Twickenham | 25p surcharge | |
| Vauxhall | Beside platforms 3/4 stairs | Payment required |
| Waltham Cross | ||
| Warrington Central | ||
| Wickford | ||
| Wigan Wallgate | ||
| Wilmslow | ||
| Wimbledon | 25p surcharge | |
| Windermere | ||
| Witham | ||
| Wolverhampton | Platform 4 | |
| York | Platform 8 Costa |
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Guildford is definitely platform 2. It's interesting how some are inside barriered areas and others are outside it.
cheekybifta
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There's one at Llandudno. I think it's inside the waiting room / ticket office bit, which closes by 3pm, so like the station toilets it won't be accessible after this time.
If there’s a 20p surcharge for pure water at Hampton Court what do you get if you don’t pay the surcharge? Straight out of the Thames?
Ashfordian6
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Greater Anglia installs free water refill points at 11 stations
www.greateranglia.co.uk
Although the couple I have seen recently have been out of service since Christmas.
py_megapixel
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I'm not sure there actually is one at Levenshulme or Cheadle Hulme.
There is, however, one at Stockport - it's in the waiting room halfway along platform 2.
Russel
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For some reason, I stopped getting notifications for this thread...
Euston is now working!
Euston is now working!
Thanks to @infobleep, @Lucy1501, @cheekybifta and @Ashfordian6 for more stations, of which I've added them to the TLDR list above. @py_megapixel, I've added Stockport but post #28 links a Northern news article that highlights the installation of water refills at Levenshulme as well as the inclusion of Cheadle.
The ones I know very certain of the locations are Waterloo, Victoria, Southampton Central and Clapham Junction. If anyone knows the exact locations for the above unfilled station list, we would all be very grateful!
The ones I know very certain of the locations are Waterloo, Victoria, Southampton Central and Clapham Junction. If anyone knows the exact locations for the above unfilled station list, we would all be very grateful!
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secretlondon
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There is/was a paid cold water machine at Vauxhall station
Willie Bee
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Next time I am at a station, probably Newcastle I'll take a picture and upload it here showing the exact position.
Perhaps others will follow and we'll all get to know the locations.
I'd never heard of the Refill app mentioned previously .. might give it a try, although some reviews aren't too good
Perhaps others will follow and we'll all get to know the locations.
I'd never heard of the Refill app mentioned previously .. might give it a try, although some reviews aren't too good