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Original poster

Quiet Zones on Trains

18 replies

snash12 · 22/03/2018 22:21

AIBU or should other passengers notice if they’re in a quiet carriage on a train rather than a regular carriage?

I get the train into and

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Should1stayorshould1go · 22/03/2018 22:24

SHHHHHHH!

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snash12 · 22/03/2018 22:25

Hit send too soon!

I get the train into and out of London about 3 times a week. I generally seek out the quiet carriage because I like to read.

I’d say more often than not there are people talking on their phones or their other phones are beeping and ringing through a lot of the journey.

I’ve seen other passengers approach these people before but are often met with hostility or anger.

Can anyone offer any advice on being more assertive in these situations or should I just get over it?! It’s become something I’m really aware of now!

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AllertonRoad · 22/03/2018 22:30

Same here. Also why do people go in the quiet carriage then put headphones in with the loudest music? Surely they don’t need to go in the quiet zone spoiling the silence for us all.
Don’t start me on the people who whisper non stop. Again, the quiet coach is not for you.

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snash12 · 22/03/2018 22:34

Is it just they don’t notice they’re in that carriage most of The time or do they just not care?

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Sammysquiz · 22/03/2018 22:34

I think one of the problems is that if you book your ticket on Trainline you can request the quiet carriage, but you can’t request not to be in it. So sometimes the noisy folk get reservations in the quiet bit without wanting to be there in the first place.

I do find it annoying though. I always book the quiet carriage so I can have a snooze Smile

MilliesCookies22 · 22/03/2018 22:34

Don't turn the pages of your book too noisily

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snash12 · 22/03/2018 22:37

@sammysquiz I didn’t realise you can’t opt to not be put in the quiet carriage. Sorry that was a triple negative - I’ve confused myself!

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MoistCantaloupe · 22/03/2018 22:39

What’s all this noise, we’ll have no trouble here

Guavaf1sh · 22/03/2018 22:42

There are usually far less seats on trains than is optimal and the whole concept of a quiet carriage is not really feasible on today’s transport network. People take trains because they want to get from one place to another. There is nothing worse than a sanctimonious self appointed carriage policeman insisting on no noise on a moving train as if it is a library.

Fizzyknickers · 22/03/2018 22:42

I’ve got a child with cerebral palsy and sensory processing issues. When I book a space on the train, we always get the quiet zone. It doesn’t end well. It’s out of my control.

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 22/03/2018 22:42

I was in the quiet carriage this week.
It was fairly empty and very peaceful, apart from the woman sharing my table.
She kept on humming.
Quiet humming but still humming ffs!

MissClareRemembers · 22/03/2018 22:48

I try to get on a quiet carriage if I’m travelling without my DC. However, it does tend to make me ultra aware of any noise! For example, I’ll find myself getting tense as another passenger starts to turn the page of their newspaper, or if someone is eating something noisy!

DaviesMum · 22/03/2018 22:56

Punch and delete their contacts. I think there is no alternative.

MaisyPops · 22/03/2018 22:58

It's a quiet carriage, not a silent carriage.

I'd get annoyed with loudmusic or tablets or loud conversations. But people typing or whispering is perfectly fine to me. They are being quiet.

Geordiegirl79 · 22/03/2018 23:02

Missclare...likewise, I always book the quiet carriage if I'm not with my children as it's a rare treat to have some quiet. Once, though, there was a man opposite me doing very noisy nose breathing and I ended up silently (of course!) seething for about an hour. I probably would have been more relaxed just being in the standard carriage. Completely agree that it makes you really aware of every little sound!

Bluelady · 22/03/2018 23:03

All the carriages on our train are loud ones.

Getabloominmoveon · 22/03/2018 23:07

I just asked a girl - the same one - twice to stop talking on her phone in a quiet carriage. She was sitting right in front of the ‘No Mobiles’ notice.

Albertschair · 22/03/2018 23:18

I once got on a packed train. Walked through 8 carriages. Hemmed in stood in the aisles for a few stops and eventually managed to get a seat.

I was in the quiet carriage. I'd not noticed. The doors were open as I walked through to it. And I'd been looking for a seat not signs. From my seat I couldn't see an by signs saying it was a quiet carriage.

I phoned for my lift from the station to home whilst in this carriage. A man turned round shouting at me that it was the quiet carriage. I apologised as i hadn't seen the signs.

He told me i was a dirty liar. Why had I been speaking so quietly (to be polite) if I hadn't known I was in the wrong.

All very silly. I didn't like this. So I made moderately loud conversation with the bloke next to me about how the old guy in front was so old he was likely to die soon. And what a sad way to spend your final few days.... shouting at 20 year olds on train s.... childish I know

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