Meanings
plural quiet coaches
- UKA rail coach on which unnecessary noise is discouraged.
...they may need to work on journeys so consider offering additional products and services, for example express check-in, quiet coach on a train journey...
2007, Gillian Dale, Helen Oliver, Travel and Tourism: Book 11 more example
On my way to PBO yesterday, having been ousted from the quiet coach by an announcement *specifically* banning laptop computers, I overheard more than I really wanted to about the BBC's arrangements for co-ordinating documentaries including special items about the war, and later the producer-lady's diary for the week and forthcoming hair appointments.
2001, Roland Perry, “GNER quiet coach includes laptops”, in uk.railway (Usenet)
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