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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 6, Issue 3 (August 1, 1931)

Hot and Cold Shower Baths

Hot and Cold Shower Baths.

Increased passenger comfort can do a great deal to retain passengers to the rail page 45 route, and a novelty recently introduced by the L. & N.E. Railway takes the form of hot and cold shower baths installed in a first-class sleeping-car on the night expresses between London (King's Cross) and Edinburgh. The bath-room measures 4ft. 6in. by 6ft. 5in., and includes a bathing cabinet 2ft. 1in. square. The walls of the compartment are of green marbled Vitroline panels, the floors are covered with green Indiaroleum and the ceiling is painted white. The bath compartment is also of green Vitroline with a waterproof curtain at the entrance and a green enamelled teak floor. Water from a 75-gallon tank suspended beneath the carriage is pumped at a constant pressure through six side sprays and a head douche in the bath cabinet. Hot or cold baths may be taken, the temperature being adjusted as desired by means of a hand-controlled valve inside the cabinet. A small table, a cork-seated chair, a steam radiator, a towel-rail and three electric lights complete the equipment of the travelling bathroom which sleeping-car passengers may use for the nominal charge of one shilling per bath.