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PORTABLE SET: The toilet set for subway drivers has a collapsible seat and a receptacle. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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SEOUL - THE Seoul subway authority will install toilets in drivers' compartments after one of its engineers plunged to his death, apparently relieving himself from a train that was in motion.
The Seoul Metro plans to provide nearly 400 toilets from this month in drivers' cabs and increase the number of staff bathrooms at stations, a spokesman said on Thursday.
'A major concern is the smell,' said Mr Kim Kyung Mo.
The incident that prompted the move took place in December when a driver apparently suffering from diarrhoea leaned out of his compartment and fell on the tracks. He was hit by another train, local media reported.
The toilets consist of a collapsible seat that stands a few centimetres off the ground and a receptacle. The device can be stored in a compartment about the size of a thick briefcase.
'Seoul Metro believes this step will help our staff better focus on transporting our citizens safely,' it said in a news release.
REUTERS
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