Whilst we would love a Playmobil train set, the size (gauge) puts us off.
At the moment Isaac has an extensive wooden train set, which started off with a duplicated Christmas present when he was two (two aunties who obviously hadn't spoken to each other) that has been built up over three years with bits off EBay. He will, no doubt, like a lot of British children, probably graduate to 00 guage Hornby if he wants to (as it's something that both my husband and I would enjoy).
I can't speak for Europe or the rest of the world, but most British children are train mad, at least for a time (indeed it's not just the children, although more often it's the old steam trains which have the most appeal). I don't know of any of Isaac's friends, or any of the older children we know, who don't have, or have had some sort of train set, but sadly I know of none who had or have any Playmobil trains.
I'm very sad to see that the Playmobil trains may be disappearing
We use the train fairly regularly, as the price of fuel, and also the cost of parking, here has made rail travel appealing again (from a cost point of view). As an aside, it costs £5 in diesel for a return journey to my Dad's, whereas it costs £3.50 on the train (that's for me and Isaac - if there were the three of us, we would drive). We live about 15 minutes' walk from our station and Dad is about 10 minutes' walk from his.
I can't imagine what it must be like never to have been on a passenger train, Bonnie.