Smelly travellers and mobile phones: Train passengers' pet peeves revealed

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Smelly travellers and mobile phones: Train passengers' pet peeves revealed
Smelly travellers and mobile phones: Train passengers' pet peeves revealed


Smelly passengers top the list of passenger peeves on train journeys according to the latest research from a leading train company.

The study found that while noisy mobile phones are the number one source of rail-rage, passengers are more likely to vent their irritation if other people's smelly odours became overwhelming.


CrossCountry found that 53 per cent of participants are most aggravated by passengers talking loudly on their mobile phones, yet just one third (36 per cent) would pluck up the courage to move away from noisy carriage-mates.

On the other hand, poor hygiene proved enough to tip the balance with two thirds (64 per cent) of people opting to move seats if the person sitting next to them smelt of cigarettes or strong body odour.

Other top scoring irritations were music blaring from passengers' headphones with 44 per cent of travellers listing the invasive beats as their top irritation whereas more than half (58 per cent) would be forced out of their seat if someone was kicking the back of their chair.

Smelly travellers and mobile phones: Train passengers' pet peeves revealed
Smelly travellers and mobile phones: Train passengers' pet peeves revealed


According to the survey children also pushed passengers' tolerance levels to the limit with almost a third (29 per cent) admitted that they were annoyed when passengers allowed their children to run through the carriage and only a quarter of those surveyed would be willing to give up their seat for passengers with children.

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