Why do some passengers not get how annoying it is to play music and videos out loud?

[DM352]

I think the newer trains being open plan with open gangways where noise travels more. I miss the declassified class 423 corridor seating!

I had hope years ago that some trains would have a quiet coach with something that stops the signal like a giant faraday cage in the zone but know with mobile storage cheap things get downloaded!

 

[Elon Bust]

I think the newer trains being open plan with open gangways where noise travels more. I miss the declassified class 423 corridor seating!

I had hope years ago that some trains would have a quiet coach with something that stops the signal like a giant faraday cage in the zone but know with mobile storage cheap things get downloaded!

As previous posters have alluded to, a 'Quiet Coach' means nothing nowadays. It's basically just a form of trolling from the rail operator.

I don't like the message it sends out anyway. Does a quiet coach mean you can do whatever you like on the rest of the train? In Japan, it's peace and harmony everywhere. Even on the east coast of America my experience has been pretty good. We don't have enough ambition in this country.

 

[BeijingDave]

As previous posters have alluded to, a 'Quiet Coach' means nothing nowadays. It's basically just a form of trolling from the rail operator.

I don't like the message it sends out anyway. Does a quiet coach mean you can do whatever you like on the rest of the train? In Japan, it's peace and harmony everywhere. Even on the east coast of America my experience has been pretty good. We don't have enough

In the US, I imagine that is something to do with the type of people who use the railway.

The Acela corridor, especially, will be high income managerial staff and government workers commuting, not much low income I imagine.

The behaviour of customers on Spirit (low-cost airline) is among the worst I have seen anywhere.

 

[Krokodil]

The Acela corridor, especially, will be high income managerial staff

Those can be some of the worst offenders. Loud phone calls so that everyone can hear how important they are...

 

[joncombe]

I think we should take an example from the French here, and this was at a station not even on a train.

Man fined for loudspeaker call at French station

The outraged passenger hires a lawyer to dispute the fine over a public phone call in Nantes.

www.bbc.co.uk

"A man who was fined €200 (£166) for making a call on loudspeaker at a train station in France has begun a fight against the penalty."