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Passengers wait as a Metro-North passenger train approaches the platform. (file/credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Metro-North Rolls Out Quiet Cars On New Haven Line

Cell phone calls and loud games are banned on quiet cars. Riders are also urged to speak in a whisper.

2012/01/09

A new M-8 rail car is seen in Stamford, CT - Mar 1, 2011 - Photo: Paul Murnane / WCBS 880

Quiet Cars Coming To New Haven Line

Want to just sit there and read on your train ride through Connecticut? You’ll love this story!

2011/12/20

LIRR Train (credit: purist_andrew/Flickr)

‘Quiet Cars’ Debut On Long Island Rail Road

Four morning and six evening trains running between Far Rockaway and Atlantic Terminal in Brooklyn have a designated quiet car.

2011/12/05

Passengers wait as a Metro-North passenger train approaches the platform. (file/credit: DON EMMERT/AFP/Getty Images)

Quiet Cars Make Debut On Metro-North Railroad

If tranquility on the train is what you seek – an escape from inconsiderate cell phone shouters and blabbing, blathering bozos – Metro-North hears you loud and clear.

2011/10/17

NJ Transit train - File / Photo: PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP/Getty Images

NJ Transit Finds Disputes On What ‘Quiet’ Means

Conductors are finding a big question in New Jersey Transit’s expanded quiet car program: How quiet is quiet enough?

2011/01/10

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