first time ever on a train

[vanordinaire]

At the age of 52, I finally submitted, I went on a train journey for the first time in my life. As a lifelong hater of public transport I was surprised to find it a pleasant and relaxing journey (Galashiels to Edinburgh on the newly reopened Borders Railway). From what others have told me all my life, I expected it to be slow,smelly, crowded and noisy but it wasn't. Has anyone else been pleasantly surprised by a train?

[vanordinaire]

bhstewie said:

Not to be rude but I'd genuinely like to know - how do you go 52 years without ever having been on a train?

I've never lived within walking distance of a railway station so always would have had to drive to a station, park the car then switch to a train. When I was a kid we never travelled far from home except for annual family holidays which wouldn't have been practical on a train with 4 kids,a granny, some dogs etc. As an adult, the cities I've had to travel to haven't been so big or busy that it wasn't possible to drive and park in. Until the Borders railway reopened last year after having closed 40 odd years before, my nearest station was 50 miles away. It's still a 20 mile drive away but yesterday I gave it a try. I might use it again for a day or night out.