MTA Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) has begun a Quiet Car pilot program on select peak hour trains on the Far Rockaway Branch. Four morning and six evening rush hour trains that operate between Far Rockaway and Atlantic Terminal will have a designated quiet car.

For customers seeking an environment during their commute that is free of cell-phone conversations, sound from other electronic devices, and loud conversations, LIRR will reserve the last car on the morning trains and the first car on the afternoon trains as quiet cars. Customers can converse in the Quiet Car but they must use subdued voices.

LIRR noted that a similar pilot conducted last summer by MTA Metro-North Railroad on its West-of-Hudson Port Jervis and Pascack Valley lines in conjunction with New Jersey Transit Corporation led to the expansion of the program to all peak hour Metro-North trains.