help me! i've never caught the train before and am getting really anxious about it

[queenrollo]

i'm going to London for a weekend in March.....and i have to catch the train for the first time in my life.
I feel so incredibly stupid about this, but i have avoided doing things like this for years because it terrifies me.
I'm scared i'll get on the wrong train, i'm scared i'll miss my stop. I'm scared that when i get to London i won't know where to go....

the rational part of me tells me this is a stupid thing to be afraid of, but i need some reassurance that catching a train is easy. This weekend away is very important to me........

Sort of a fond nostalgia - I suppose you could call it nostalgic. We now live in Yorkshire but are contemplating taking DC to London at Spring Bank. So will probably pass through KX. DS will no doubt be on the look out for platform 9 3/4.

Meant to say:

I suppose you could call it romantic.

I have a fondness for Schiphol airport for similar reasons!

forgot to wish OP good luck!

so.....tomorrow is the big day

i have to catch a bus to the train station which arrives an hour and a half before my train leaves, so i have time to familiarise myself with the station. I have to change at one stop, but have been told by a friend i will come in on Platform 2 and depart Platform 3....so i literally have to get off the train, turn on my heels and walk straight onto the connecting train.
I am nervous as hell.....but excited too.

i'll let you all know how i get on.....

one question.....i don't think i have a seat reserved so can i just sit anywhere on the train?

an hour and a half wait at the station? gosh qr i hope you have something nice to read.

have a lovely time