Disabled woman accuses fellow train passengers on Facebook after they 'refused to move from her reserved seats'
Cat Lee was on the Virgin East Coast service from King's Cross to Skipton
43-year-old said she asked two men to move from seats she had reserved
Ms Lee, who suffers pain, says she was forced to stand for over an hour
A disabled woman who suffers crippling pain claims she was forced to stand on a train for more than an hour after two men 'refused' to move from her reserved seats.
Cat Lee, from Hebden Bridge in West Yorkshire, booked the seats on the Virgin East Coast service from King's Cross to Skipton yesterday.
When the 43-year-old and her friend boarded the train, the men apparently refused to move - despite her telling them about her disability - so she posted their pictures on social media.
Ms Lee says she suffered nerve damage and crippling groin pain following an operation, which left her unable to work.
MailOnline has tried to contact Ms Lees to verify the claims she made on Facebook.
MailOnline also contacted Virgin East Coast to verify the circumstances around Ms Lee's ticket reservation. A spokeswoman would not comment on the specific case but said customers are entitled to their reserved seat, an alternative or a refund.
Ms Lee, a mother-of-one, claims she took a friend for support on the three hour journey but said both were left to stand on the busy train for more than an hour before she managed to find another seat.
Ms Lee took a photo of the two men and posted it on Facebook.
She wrote: 'Meet these gentlemen. Travelling from London Kings Cross on the 18:03 to Skipton.
'Charming fellows took reserved seats from Rach & I.
'As a disabled passenger, I stated why I needed my reserve seat. They didn't budge.
'I'm sure their wives and mothers would be proud of them.'
Ms Lee said the two men spent most of the journey 'talking about luxury holidays in the Caribbean and Dubai' before eventually getting off at Leeds.
Speaking on Ms Lee's behalf, her friend Kath Sansom said: 'Cat told them they were in her reserved seats and the men totally ignored her and kept staring at their phones.
'The aisles were rammed packed so they were unable to push past everybody to try to find a guard. She was in pain and needed her friend there for support.
'Cat feels angry that people think they can do as they please with no consideration for others. The seats are reserved. End of. I just hope it sends a message to others not to do this to people.'
A spokeswoman for Virgin East Coast said: 'If a customer’s reserved seat isn’t available our on-board team will either ask people to move from the reserved seat or find an alternative.
'On our east coast services we also have our seat guarantee – so if we can’t find you a seat when you’ve reserved one, you’ll get a full refund for that journey.'
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Since my accident I would not be able to stand on a train for an hour - I would have sat on them - and I would not have been so polite about their ethnicity either - I am NOT politically correct
