does Amtrak enforce the earbud required rule?

[Anonymous]

And/or how quiet are the private rooms? DH and I are wanting to do a scenic trip out west, but the thought of listening to people's Facetime calls for 48 hours isn't appealing to either of us.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And/or how quiet are the private rooms? DH and I are wanting to do a scenic trip out west, but the thought of listening to people's Facetime calls for 48 hours isn't appealing to either of us.

There aren't any quiet cars on the long haul routes.

https://www.amtrak.com/quiet-car

[Anonymous]

Wear your closed earbuds.

[Anonymous]

Get noise canceling headphones. You’re gonna end up hearing one side of a FT call, if not both.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Get noise canceling headphones. You’re gonna end up hearing one side of a FT call, if not both.

They don't erase voices. Jet engine noise, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And/or how quiet are the private rooms? DH and I are wanting to do a scenic trip out west, but the thought of listening to people's Facetime calls for 48 hours isn't appealing to either of us.

There aren't any quiet cars on the long haul routes.

https://www.amtrak.com/quiet-car

I meant the roomettes and bedrooms.

Also, this:

"Devices with Sound
All great adventures have background music, but we require all devices that emit sound (phones, laptops, tablets, etc.) to use headphones so fellow passengers can travel in peace."

https://www.amtrak.com/onboard.html

Sounds like the answer to "do they enforce it?" is no.

[Anonymous]

I doubt they can enforce it in personal room spaces. How would they? Even if they knocked, how would they prove it wasn’t just talking?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I doubt they can enforce it in personal room spaces. How would they? Even if they knocked, how would they prove it wasn’t just talking?

My question about the private rooms if if they block noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get noise canceling headphones. You’re gonna end up hearing one side of a FT call, if not both.

They don't erase voices. Jet engine noise, yes.

My AirPods work fine on Amtrak blocking out other people’s voices.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Get noise canceling headphones. You’re gonna end up hearing one side of a FT call, if not both.

They don't erase voices. Jet engine noise, yes.

My AirPods work fine on Amtrak blocking out other people’s voices.

Sorry, but no.

https://noisyworld.org/noise-cancelling-headphones-voices/

[Anonymous]

I’m on an Acela train now and everyone is using earbuds but it’s still super annoying to hear loud phone conversations even if one sided. But that’s more of an east coast lawyer thing and isn’t as likely on a west coast train.

On the plus side I now have a run down of the status of one firm’s bankruptcy cases and how much they want to collect before year end to drive up bonuses.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m on an Acela train now and everyone is using earbuds but it’s still super annoying to hear loud phone conversations even if one sided. But that’s more of an east coast lawyer thing and isn’t as likely on a west coast train.

On the plus side I now have a run down of the status of one firm’s bankruptcy cases and how much they want to collect before year end to drive up bonuses.

Bankruptcy lawyers are the worst— bleeding companies dry and leaving little for the creditors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And/or how quiet are the private rooms? DH and I are wanting to do a scenic trip out west, but the thought of listening to people's Facetime calls for 48 hours isn't appealing to either of us.

There aren't any quiet cars on the long haul routes.

https://www.amtrak.com/quiet-car

I meant the roomettes and bedrooms.

Also, this:

"Devices with Sound
All great adventures have background music, but we require all devices that emit sound (phones, laptops, tablets, etc.) to use headphones so fellow passengers can travel in peace."

https://www.amtrak.com/onboard.html

Sounds like the answer to "do they enforce it?" is no.

We take the sleeper cars quite often, and did the California Zephyr last year.

I’m my experience it’s different with each journey. I’ve been on trains where the couple in the adjacent room had a “support dog” who barked all night. Clearly not a support dog, and the crew gave them a hard time and told them to find another way home in their round trip journey or to ditch the dog. And I’ve been on trains where the adjacent room was a solo man who didn’t make much noise.

You can hear conversations in the adjacent room, but long haul train travelers in my experience aren’t the party types, they tend to late middle aged and older so generally quiet.

On the Zephyr trip there was an awful family in one of the family rooms downstairs. The kids were loud, yelling screaming and running up and down the hallways and opening peoples room doors in the upper car. The crew was pretty good about putting both the parents and kids in their place but they didn’t quite get the message until about 14 hours into their journey.

Otherwise I find the train to be relaxing. And the sleeper cars are in the back of the train behind the dining car so you don’t get a lot of pass through traffic. Now the train itself is very loud. The rails themselves are freight lines so the ride is neither smooth nor quiet. We usually bring a small air filter fan (helps with the diesel smell which can be unpleasant) Also people complain about sewage smells from the bathrooms which I’ve not personally experienced but armed myself with the air filter to be proactive.

But if you are a train person you know to expect and don’t mind the discomfort in exchange for the experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I doubt they can enforce it in personal room spaces. How would they? Even if they knocked, how would they prove it wasn’t just talking?

The conductors and room stewards in the sleeper cars on the long haul trains take their jobs very seriously and they will intervene if necessary. But bring a white noise machine because you can hear any and all noises in the next room. Flushing toilets and other bathroom noises, casual conversations, and the trains themselves are loud and that noise is constant. So any other noise is just background noise.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And/or how quiet are the private rooms? DH and I are wanting to do a scenic trip out west, but the thought of listening to people's Facetime calls for 48 hours isn't appealing to either of us.

There aren't any quiet cars on the long haul routes.

https://www.amtrak.com/quiet-car

I meant the roomettes and bedrooms.

Also, this:

"Devices with Sound
All great adventures have background music, but we require all devices that emit sound (phones, laptops, tablets, etc.) to use headphones so fellow passengers can travel in peace."

https://www.amtrak.com/onboard.html

Sounds like the answer to "do they enforce it?" is no.

We take the sleeper cars quite often, and did the California Zephyr last year.

I’m my experience it’s different with each journey. I’ve been on trains where the couple in the adjacent room had a “support dog” who barked all night. Clearly not a support dog, and the crew gave them a hard time and told them to find another way home in their round trip journey or to ditch the dog. And I’ve been on trains where the adjacent room was a solo man who didn’t make much noise.

You can hear conversations in the adjacent room, but long haul train travelers in my experience aren’t the party types, they tend to late middle aged and older so generally quiet.

On the Zephyr trip there was an awful family in one of the family rooms downstairs. The kids were loud, yelling screaming and running up and down the hallways and opening peoples room doors in the upper car. The crew was pretty good about putting both the parents and kids in their place but they didn’t quite get the message until about 14 hours into their journey.

Otherwise I find the train to be relaxing. And the sleeper cars are in the back of the train behind the dining car so you don’t get a lot of pass through traffic. Now the train itself is very loud. The rails themselves are freight lines so the ride is neither smooth nor quiet. We usually bring a small air filter fan (helps with the diesel smell which can be unpleasant) Also people complain about sewage smells from the bathrooms which I’ve not personally experienced but armed myself with the air filter to be proactive.

But if you are a train person you know to expect and don’t mind the discomfort in exchange for the experience.

Very helpful, thank you! I don't mind the actual train sound - I just do not want to listen to someone else's music all night. As a weekly traveler, the day American Airlines instituted their quiet cabin policy was a top 10 best day of my life.