A railway operator in western Japan is also adopting the latest digital technology to make the cleanup of its station washrooms more efficient.
West Japan Railway developed a system with a Tokyo-based tech firm.
It features toilet paper and soap dispensers embedded with sensors that tell cleaners when refills are needed.
Sensors are also attached to the doors of cubicles to let staff know when they are unoccupied. That's seen as a time-saver.
Another innovation is a toilet with a function to prevent clogging. That also helps reduce the workload as the rail operator faces a shortage of cleaning staff.
(Hashiba Satoshi/ West Japan Railway)
“Cleaning railway washrooms requires a lot of manpower. But with this system, we can do it in a more efficient way.”
JR West will introduce the technology at a new station due to open in Osaka City next spring.
West Japan Railway developed a system with a Tokyo-based tech firm.
It features toilet paper and soap dispensers embedded with sensors that tell cleaners when refills are needed.
Sensors are also attached to the doors of cubicles to let staff know when they are unoccupied. That's seen as a time-saver.
Another innovation is a toilet with a function to prevent clogging. That also helps reduce the workload as the rail operator faces a shortage of cleaning staff.
(Hashiba Satoshi/ West Japan Railway)
“Cleaning railway washrooms requires a lot of manpower. But with this system, we can do it in a more efficient way.”
JR West will introduce the technology at a new station due to open in Osaka City next spring.
◆dispenser 一定量の中身を出す機能がついた容器や装置
a machine which provides a particular amount of a product or substance when you press a button or put money into it
a machine which provides a particular amount of a product or substance when you press a button or put money into it
◆embed ～を埋め込む、はめ込む to put something firmly and deeply into something else, or to be put into something in this way
◆cubicle . トイレの個室
◆clogging つまり