Thank fuck. Used a few in Amsterdam and they were so much nicer when you just needed to chill
>Train hosts will be on board the trains to ensure the designated carriage is quieter but, Ms Cregan said, there will be “a level of self-regulation and self-policing of it”.
If people could ‘self-regulate’ being quiet, you wouldn’t need a designated carriage for it. This does literally nothing.
This will be nice but will it make the other carriages more chaotic? You just know that some people will use it as an excuse to be loud dickheads or justify it by saying.. ” if they want quiet, they should have booked the quiet carriage”
Gimme an entire train like this!
Um, what about other trains?
Great, now if they could get their catering setup for a cup of tea we’ll be set
Hopefully it’s an additional carriage, trains are way too full to be quiet
It’s a great idea but capacity wise I fear they will struggle. There simply aren’t enough seats on trains generally to be specifically creating a white carriage. People who can’t get seating in a regular carriage will wind up sitting in the white carriage and making noise.
Love this! After experiencing the silent bliss of a crowded Tokyo train, this is the best way to travel!
There are quiet carriages on some trains in the UK, they are never quiet.
What we really need is a karaoke carriage like in Korea 🎤
Listened to a great podcast a couple of weeks ago, about how we often favour “solutions” that actually make us less happy.
ATMs and self service checkouts being two of the big examples. Things that are convenient and make our lives easier for sure, but takes away human interaction that we crave.
They spoke about “quiet cars” in trains in the same episode and how they were highly requested, but it’s the section of the train that the most chatter happened that would always end up being the busiest, so busy in fact that most trains have gotten rid of it.
I’m sure plenty of people will be happy with this, just thought it’s funny how what we think we want isn’t always what we really do want.
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Thank fuck. Used a few in Amsterdam and they were so much nicer when you just needed to chill
>Train hosts will be on board the trains to ensure the designated carriage is quieter but, Ms Cregan said, there will be “a level of self-regulation and self-policing of it”.
If people could ‘self-regulate’ being quiet, you wouldn’t need a designated carriage for it. This does literally nothing.
This will be nice but will it make the other carriages more chaotic? You just know that some people will use it as an excuse to be loud dickheads or justify it by saying.. ” if they want quiet, they should have booked the quiet carriage”
Gimme an entire train like this!
Um, what about other trains?
Great, now if they could get their catering setup for a cup of tea we’ll be set
Hopefully it’s an additional carriage, trains are way too full to be quiet
It’s a great idea but capacity wise I fear they will struggle. There simply aren’t enough seats on trains generally to be specifically creating a white carriage. People who can’t get seating in a regular carriage will wind up sitting in the white carriage and making noise.
Love this! After experiencing the silent bliss of a crowded Tokyo train, this is the best way to travel!
There are quiet carriages on some trains in the UK, they are never quiet.
What we really need is a karaoke carriage like in Korea 🎤
Listened to a great podcast a couple of weeks ago, about how we often favour “solutions” that actually make us less happy.
ATMs and self service checkouts being two of the big examples. Things that are convenient and make our lives easier for sure, but takes away human interaction that we crave.
They spoke about “quiet cars” in trains in the same episode and how they were highly requested, but it’s the section of the train that the most chatter happened that would always end up being the busiest, so busy in fact that most trains have gotten rid of it.
I’m sure plenty of people will be happy with this, just thought it’s funny how what we think we want isn’t always what we really do want.
The episode for anyone who’s curious https://open.spotify.com/episode/5f8F4zlkt0hS9F7DK5ls19?si=8oxxnFLcQKuh-C0H_766JQ&utm_source=copy-link
Is there any enforcement on this ?
Sounds like a good place for a fart.
Do they still stink of pure shite whenever anyone opens the toilet door though? Last 4 times that’s been my experience on the train
Wont work if the train is full