Designated "quiet cars" were put into service in January 2000.

As ever at Jaguar, the emphasis will be on making the car smooth and quiet.

I called the idea a "quiet car," with reduced lighting and no talking.

By this time, four hours alone in a quiet car sounded like a vacation.

A quiet car was pulling up in the street outside.

"I had used one of the quiet cars and thought it was a great idea," he said.

On crowded trains the quiet car is eliminated, he said, but that does not happen often.

Passengers will let people know that they're sitting in the quiet car.

But that condition or similar ones don't need to be a reason to have a quiet car.

"Some people have to sit in the quiet car even if they don't want to."