Railways aims at having quick cleaning teams after every 3-4 stations, wash toilets in under a minute

NEW DELHI: To ensure toilets of a long-distance train are clean throughout the journey, the railways by 2026-end, aims to have quick washing teams after every three to four stations, finishing the job of cleaning a toilet in “56 minutes”, a top official said.

To achieve this, the railways is exploring several innovative technical solutions — such as better battery-operated portable vacuum cleaners and backpack-type high-pressure jet cleaning machines — by involving start-ups, officials said, adding at present, it takes around seven minutes to clean a toilet.