(06 Jan 2015, 5:24 pm)MarcTheA4 wrote I was scared the first time I used the train by myself. Just a short hop from Durham to Newcastle with East Coast, and back.
It can be quite daunting, but now I'm fine with them.
Just try something really short, maybe Darlington (would that be your local station?) to Durham or Newcastle during the middle of the day would be your best chance of a nice quiet journey.
I did think of doing a short train journey either Darlington to Durham or Durham to Newcastle to try and get used to it before doing it somewhere I don't know.
It's things like having tickets and security barriers and stuff like that that worries me, I've only ever used Northern Rail from Aycliffe to Middlesbrough once or twice which is totally different as I just buy a ticket on the train where with major train routes you can't, some places I think you even need a ticket just to get through barriers.