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Woman on train from London to Scotland defends not giving up seat for OAP
22.10.2022 - 08:43 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A woman travelling to Scotland by rail has defended her decision not to give up her seat on a busy train for an elderly woman.
The passenger hesitated to budge as she insisted she had booked her seat in advance and didn't think she should have to give it up. She explained she had been travelling from London to Aberdeen and that she decided to treat herself to a first-class ticket.
When she boarded the train, she discovered the seat she had been allocated was the first-class carriage's priority seat, which is usually reserved for people with mobility issues - and The Mirror reports when a woman of around 60 got on board, she demanded that she give up the seat for her.
She said: "I recently got a train across the UK from London to Aberdeen. It's a seven-hour journey so I booked myself a first-class seat well in advance.
"First-class seats on trains in the UK can be expensive, but I decided to treat myself because 1), I knew I'd have work to do on the train, so I wanted to make sure I had space/comfort to be able to work, and 2), certain trains in the 'individual seats' which means you're not sitting next to or sitting opposite anyone. I specifically booked one of those seats to enable me to work.
"I got on the train in London and sat in my seat. The seat they'd assigned me was also the 'priority seat'. Priority seats are the ones at the end of carriages for people with mobility issues due to age or disability. A woman got on after me who was around 60 years old and pointed at the sign above my head and, quite rudely, told me to move because she was elderly.
"I told her I'd booked the seat and she'd need to speak to a member of staff to find her one. She pointed out that the train was full and there were no other seats. I
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