So i spawned in at a station 5mins before the train was due that wanted to take over. But the train never appears why is that.
Are you using the free roam option from the route menu or spawn on foot from the route timetable selection? If selecting Free Roam from the menu screen where you select timetable, scenarios or training modules then no trains will spawn. Free roam is designed to give you the opportunity to play around and spawn your own trains without a timetable or other trains. To take over a timetabled train, you need to select timetable from the route menu, then select on foot and choose your time, location and weather.
If it makes you feel better, I did the exact same thing, then worked out what Nick said and shook my head and laughed and carried on
I thought too myself you d**khead chuckled and carried on. Made feel better knowing im not the only who done it.