Well, I've also been travelling on trains since the early 1980s and I don't really recognise that at all - are you in the South East?
I'd actually say my normal commute into Edinburgh from Fife is actually quite enjoyable - getting a seat isn't a problem in the mornings and maybe once a month I have to stand for 10 minutes on the train coming back, which is hardly an ordeal. Fellow passengers all seem fairly pleasant as well!
I would say that 95% of my train travel has been between Edinburgh, Glasgow and up to Inverness and beyond.
The only thing I miss about trains in the 1980s is that for a while the line between Aberdeen and Inverness ran ancient old 1st class carriages with compartments (think Harry Potter) as standard.
I'd actually say my normal commute into Edinburgh from Fife is actually quite enjoyable - getting a seat isn't a problem in the mornings and maybe once a month I have to stand for 10 minutes on the train coming back, which is hardly an ordeal. Fellow passengers all seem fairly pleasant as well!
I would say that 95% of my train travel has been between Edinburgh, Glasgow and up to Inverness and beyond.