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The kindness of strangers: on an emptied train carriage, a man rubbed his hand on my thigh – then another passenger intervened

By Alison Davies, as told to Katie Cunningham

It was dark and I was travelling on my own. As panic began to wash over me, I saw a young man walking down the aisle Read more in the kindness of strangers series It was already dark when I boarded the train home. I was 19 and making the half-hour journey back from drama school one evening, travelling on my own. At first, I was completely alone in the carriage – until an older man hopped on. He could have had any seat on the train but chose the one next to me. I was in the window seat and h...