In a calm and nonchalant tone, the train’s conductor explained to confused passengers that if too many people flushed the train’s toilets, the train would stop, according to the Arbetarbladet newspaper.
Why?
It turns that the same compressor responsible for triggering the emergency brake is also connected to several other systems on the train including the suspension and the toilets.
“When the pressure sinks below a certain level, the emergency brakes are triggered automatically. In other words, it’s possible to flush on the emergency brake,” said Mats Gustavsson, a technical official with the Bergslagen train line, to the newspaper.
Engineer Hans Kaplan was one of the passengers forced to hold it in for the rest of the trip on account of the train’s unique assembly.
“It’s completely nuts, there has to be a mistake in the construction,” he said.
Gustavsson understands passengers’ bewilderment over the situation.
“I have the utmost respect for people who don’t understand why the toilets were shut off. I was also quite curious when I first heard about it,” he said.
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