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It's considered rude in Belgium, at least when I commuted there by train. People would leave the wagon to take a call. Maybe it's changed in the past few years.
by boelboel 1mo ago
It's considered rude in Belgium, at least when I commuted there by train. People would leave the wagon to take a call. Maybe it's changed in the past few years. There were also signs that it's prohibited to call in the trains.
- margalabargala 1mo agoLeave the wagon to where? Like get off the train? The trains are all wagon, no?
- NicuCalcea 1mo agoThere's usually some space between train coaches (I think it's called a gangway?) or at the end of a coach (a vestibule) that is separated from the seats area by doors on both sides. You can take your call there.
- margalabargala 1mo agoGotcha. On the trains I'm used to (Amtrak, NYC subway) spaces between cars are either nonexistent, or extremely dangerous.
- lazyasciiart 1mo agoAmtrak trains have vestibules when I take them.
- NicuCalcea 1mo agoIn London, subway cars are either completely separated and you can't travel between them, or it's just one long continuous tube, there are no vestibules. You don't get much signal underground either way, so it's rare to see people on a call. Most trains however have a space [0] at the end of each car where you enter and exit. That space can also have a toilet, bike storage, various (locked) train controls, sometimes even a few seats [1] where you can sit if your call will be a while. 0: https://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/uploads/7/6/8/3/7683812/889-class-800-vestibule-4th-december-2017-copyright-derek-buttivant_orig.jpg https://www.cornwallrailwaysociety.org.uk/uploads/7/6/8/3/76... 1: https://www.modernrailways.com/sites/modernrailways/files/imported/2020-03-24/img_41-2_9.jpg https://www.modernrailways.com/sites/modernrailways/files/im...
- boelboel 1mo agoLeave the department*, the parts where people get on/off trains are closed off from the seats. There's also some gangway connections which have doors between the wagons.