Woman arrested on train for talking loudly on phone for 16 HOURS! (And she was in the quiet carriage)

As if it isn't hard enough to get to sleep on overnight journeys, one group of unlucky passengers shared a carriage with a woman who talked loudly on her mobile phone for 16 hours. In the end she was arrested. Lakeysha Beard of Tigard, Oregon, was charged with disorderly conduct after police were called by Amtrak staff following continued complaints from passengers. Police said the 39-year-old became aggressive and was involved in a 'verbal altercation' when asked to be quiet during the journey from Oakland, California to Salem, Oregon.

Fellow travellers said Ms Beard refused to put the phone down even after staff made repeated announcements for passengers to not use mobile phones, Ms Beard told Portland's KATU News that she felt 'disrespected' by the incident. The train pulled out of the station in Oakland at 10pm on Saturday night and came to a halt at a crossing about two miles from Salem station at 2pm on Sunday.

The train was stopped for about 20 minutes before it continued on to Portland. Amtrak has no formal policy that bans people from talking on mobile phones while the train is moving. MailOnline tried to contact Ms Beard for comment but could not reach her. She was probably on the phone