Are you supposed to be quiet on a train?

Guests are asked to limit conversation and speak in subdued tones. Phone calls are not allowed and all portable electronic devices must be muted or used with headphones (passengers using headphones must keep the volume low enough so that the audio cannot be heard by other passengers).



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Guests are asked to limit conversation and speak in subdued tones. Phone calls are not allowed and all portable electronic devices must be muted or used with headphones (passengers using headphones must keep the volume low enough so that the audio cannot be heard by other passengers).

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If you're travelling in a quiet carriage, please: Put your mobile phone on silent. Move into an adjoining carriage to have a conversation with a fellow passenger or on the phone. Use headphones with mobile devices and keep the volume low so it can't be heard by others.

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Quiet Cars are available on many corridor and short-distance trains. Guests are asked to limit conversation and speak in subdued tones.

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It can be very quiet in your car as you cruise along, or it can be noisy if the door between cars is left open or people around you are making noise (conversation, music, movies). If you're near the engine, in the front of the train, the sounding of the horn can be a significant and recurrent source of noise.

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Guests are asked to limit conversation and speak in subdued tones. Phone calls are not allowed and all portable electronic devices must be muted or used with headphones (passengers using headphones must keep the volume low enough so that the audio cannot be heard by other passengers).

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In theory the seats in the center should be quieter and also should lurch less than the seats towards the ends. They are away from the wheels and st a fulcrum point.

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A lot of it depends on how close and how well-used the tracks are. If they're exempt (in the US) or unused then it's no different than living by a field since no trains use them. If they're rural and near a road, you'll get horn blasts as the train goes by as well as the noise from the train.

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Under the Train Horn Rule (49 CFR Part 222, issued on August 17, 2006), locomotive engineers must begin to sound train horns at least 15 seconds, and no more than 20 seconds, in advance of all public grade crossings.

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The reason for the different horn sequences are for other employees to know why the horn is being sounded, three short blasts, means the train is backing up, two long blasts means the train is going ahead. One long blast for stopped with the air brakes applied.

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If you are traveling overnight, the conductors will wake you before your stop. Stay in the same seat in coach and when you board, the conductors will place a tag above your seat with your stop. They sweep the train before stops to wake people up.

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It's a very bumpy ride and many times the train must change tracks because freight trains take precedence. The freight train tracks are not smooth at all. Sleeping car rooms are expensive and very small. It's hard to fit one suitcase in your room.

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HOW SAFE ARE TRAINS? Trains are statistically much safer than driving. In 2020, the Bureau of Transportation Statistics recorded 40,867 total deaths from travel, including in planes, in cars on highways and on trains.

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Unless your trip is on Acela, seating in the Quiet Car is on a first-come, first-served basis and cannot be reserved. There is no additional charge to sit in the Quiet Car, but passengers are asked to occupy only one seat per person.

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