Trains

Is it bad that I don’t know how to use the trains by myself as a 17-year-old?
I’ve been using the buses fully and know how to use them.
I’ve got my first university interview and I’m gonna be taking the train on my own for the first time.
I hope this will boost my confidence.

shrug They're just busses on rails with set stopping points really. More common to buy your ticket before you travel and a lot of stations have little ticket check points/barriers.

To be clear, the rule is that you must have a valid ticket before entering the train unless there were no working facilities available to purchase tickets at the departure station at the time when the journey began. (See section 18 of the Railway Byelaws at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/railway-byelaws/railway-byelaws for the full details.)

I dunno if that's enforced more in England? In Scotland you can buy tickets on the train, you're still heavily encouraged to buy before travel but I've never in my life heard of someone being pulled up specifically for this. (I'd see it as incredibly petty to have someone wearing a ticket machine insist I had to buy a ticket elsewhere before I boarded)

Is it bad that I don’t know how to use the trains by myself as a 17-year-old?
I’ve been using the buses fully and know how to use them.
I’ve got my first university interview and I’m gonna be taking the train on my own for the first time.
I hope this will boost my confidence.

Is it bad that I don’t know how to use the trains by myself as a 17-year-old?
I’ve been using the buses fully and know how to use them.
I’ve got my first university interview and I’m gonna be taking the train on my own for the first time.
I hope this will boost my confidence.