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Passengers stranded for hours on Wellington train handed 'travel johns' (www.rnz.co.nz)

submitted 3 months ago by Dave@lemmy.nz to c/newzealand@lemmy.nz

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Commuters stranded for more than three hours on a Wellington train were forced to improvise when nature called - using "travel johns", or disposable toilet bags, handed out by staff.

The Waikanae service was stuck on the bridge over Hutt Road after an overhead power cable came down around 7.40am on Friday, knocking out three trains.

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[–] blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 months ago

How can it be improvisation when they're using a product intended for that specific use?

Improvisation would be using a takeaway bag or something