To be more specific here. Does anybody on here just go on train rides for the hell of it. You don’t have to be going anywhere to do anything important. You just buy yourself a train ticket purely to enjoy the journey to where you want to go and then go back ???. I haven’t actually rode on a train in many many years. Since 2015 lol. If I’ve had to go anywhere it’s been by bus as I haven’t been far. Very recently I have suddenly had a bit of an urge to just go on a long train journey just to enjoy the ride but I don’t really have plans to go somewhere and spend a day there. Is this weird ??. 99% of train passengers are on a journey because they have to be whether it be to go to work, go home, see friends that might live far away etc etc. I’ve actually heard of people who get on buses just to sit and chill out. They don’t really have to be going anywhere. They just like the feeling of sitting in a bus and relaxing for a while. Kind of therapeutic you could say. I’d imagine trains would be perfect for this. Even if it’s only once in a while. Not daily or anything. Tickets are pretty expensive lol. If anyone does this I’d love to hear.
Nothing weird about it mate, it's just a symptom of you being... a railfan ! I've done almost all french routes around Paris that way over the years when I was young (early 2000's). But as you've said, people on board the train are either working as staff or are on a journey to home, work, etc, so it feels sometimes strange, for example during rush hours when you're the only one not in a hurry. Anyway, those getaways are nice to discover places you would have never been to otherwise, take pictures, and often to meet interesting people !
I work at a train station. Used to get 2 trains (needed to change as two separate services), going back on myself a fair bit, rather than take the 1 bus that'd get me there. Purely because I could. Purely for the train ride. First (or last depending on whether I was going to or from work) was always a 150, a 158 for the second journey. Although occasionally it was two 150s. Until I got a car that is.
Trains don't tend to go where I need to for the most part. Very rural area, so any time I ride on a train it's for the journey.
