Quiet zones on stations?

[CaptainHaddock]

Last night I found myself trying to have a phone conversation on Leeds station * and, no matter how far I edged down the platform, I couldn't get far enough away from a speaker to actually hold the conversation without being interrupted by the plethora of non-stop pointless and irrelevant announcements that train companies seem to think we need to know.

I was wondering therefore, if we can have quiet coaches on trains, why can't we have quiet zones at busy stations, where passengers who wish to enjoy a bit of peace and quiet while they wait for their train can enjoy a few moments of calm? Such areas could perhaps consist of a covered, noise-proof shelter, with no speakers nearby and maybe just a monitor displaying train times and also where your fellow passengers are discouraged from playing loud music on the headphones and making loud phone calls.

How about it; good idea?

* - yes, I'm aware of the irony of needing somewhere quiet to make a private phone call when of course other people's private phone calls are discouraged in quiet coaches!

 

[Tio Terry]

Wouldn’t meet the Emergency Evacuation requirements as described, you have to have 100% coverage at the required sound pressure and clarity. But as a principle it’s good and I’m sure there could be provision for Emergency Announcements.

 

[pdeaves]

Wouldn’t meet the Emergency Evacuation requirements as described, you have to have 100% coverage at the required sound pressure and clarity. But as a principle it’s good and I’m sure there could be provision for Emergency Announcements.

Quiet except for emergencies sounds good to me.

 

[PartyOperator]

Something like a telephone box? The box bit was pretty handy even if the phone bit is now obsolete.

 

[Ken H]

Just have a station without Voyagers. That should be a lot quieter.!

(There again, anyone remember the howl of Cl 81?)

 

[randyrippley]

Last night I found myself trying to have a phone conversation on Leeds station * and, no matter how far I edged down the platform, I couldn't get far enough away from a speaker to actually hold the conversation without being interrupted by the plethora of non-stop pointless and irrelevant announcements that train companies seem to think we need to know.................

Are those the announcements which notify of arrivals, departures, platform numbers, timetable changes.....? Yep totally pointless and irrelevant

 

[Ken H]

Are those the announcements which notify of arrivals, departures, platform numbers, timetable changes.....? Yep totally pointless and irrelevant

Yes. Reading out data freely available on screens around the station. Some airports dont announce flights.

 

[CaptainHaddock]

Are those the announcements which notify of arrivals, departures, platform numbers, timetable changes.....? Yep totally pointless and irrelevant

No, I'm referrring to the pointless and irrelevant elf-n-safety-bollox about weather conditions, unattended luggage, smoking, rollerblading, "seeitsayitsortit", etc that serve no useful purpose and has been covered repeatedly on this forum on threads such as the one linked to below.

https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...nouncements-making-travellers-uptight.153545/

Even your "announcements which notify of arrivals, departures, platform numbers, timetable changes" are irrelevant if the information is displayed on screens both on the main concourse and the platform.

 

[Tio Terry]

No, I'm referrring to the pointless and irrelevant elf-n-safety-bollox about weather conditions, unattended luggage, smoking, rollerblading, "seeitsayitsortit", etc that serve no useful purpose and has been covered repeatedly on this forum on threads such as the one linked to below.

https://www.railforums.co.uk/thread...nouncements-making-travellers-uptight.153545/

Even your "announcements which notify of arrivals, departures, platform numbers, timetable changes" are irrelevant if the informtation is displayed on screens both on the main concourse and the platform.

Please consider those with sight problems who cannot read displays as well as the able bodied.

 

[pdeaves]

Please consider those with sight problems who cannot read displays as well as the able bodied.

Possibly, those who need noise can wait in a 'noisy' (i.e. with announcements) area and those who don't can wait in a quiet area. The proposal wasn't to ban announcements throughout the station, just have a single area (per platform?) without. That way caters for both sets of people.

 

[Hadders]

A station platform really isn’t a suitable environment in which to make a phone call.

Either make the call at a different time, or find somewhere quieter outside the station to make it.

Alternatively you could use text or WhatsApp if there’s urgent info that needs to exchanged.