Tomatoes found growing in human sewage on railway track in Essex

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Tomatoes found growing in human sewage on a railway line in Essex

A rail union has attacked train companies after 'disgusting' pictures emerged showing tomatoes growing in human excrement on a commuter line in Essex.

Tomatoes on the track in Essex Credit: ITV News

The images were captured by a rail worker at Rochford on the Liverpool Street to Southend line.

The RMT has called on the government to ban train companies from using old carriages which release toilet sewage on to the track.

Credit: ITV News

The union claims the practice, which dates from the early days of rail travel, creates a serious hazard for track maintenance workers.

Pretty amazing how they've grown there of all places and grown well, somebody obviously had tomatoes for tea. It always amazes me how plants will grow amazingly well in the most random places you'd never think they could grow, yet if you plant them somewhere that appears perfect they'll wither or just won't grow in the first place: I gave up planting foxgloves which grow in my walls and between cracks in the patio every spring yet when I planted them they'd fail. Often with nature if you leave it be then it'll do better alone than it does with human interference.

As for the RMT...... another prime lesson in the stupidity of Unions.

Thoughts?

[xxMATTGxx]

The RMT has called on the government to ban train companies from using old carriages which release toilet sewage on to the track.

Maybe they should buy the train companies the new trains if they are that bothered about it. It's only the older style trains that don't have tanks for the toilets - Not sure how many there is on railway network in the UK.

[Danny]

Seems to be alot of them on the Shenfield to Liverpool Street line, everytime you get off the train at Liverpool Street where it ends, it absolutely stinks.

[lRhyss]

Thought this was like... Really old news?

Tomatoes and sweetcorn don't fully digest, meaning the seeds can come out in your poop.

It happens like everywhere, lmfao.

[Zak]

I think that's pretty cool tbh They've grown better than those I tried in my garden haha

[IzzyUhh]

Thats quite cool, and omg Rhyss, you learn something new everyday

[Shar]

They just report anything these days

[Alkaz]

Thought this was like... Really old news?

Tomatoes and sweetcorn don't fully digest, meaning the seeds can come out in your poop.

It happens like everywhere, lmfao.

I thought this when I read the title, no new news here...

[GommeInc]

You can see their point but then again Abellio are not rolling in money as the Essex lines are incredibly outdated so maybe the could buy the new carriages seeing as half of these unions gather so much money yet don't really spend it.

[RyRy]

Must be a pretty slow news day when you're posting about poop tomatoes. Poomatoes?