AN investigation is under way after a 14-year-old girl was left alone in a distressed state at a North-East station after being ordered off a train while travelling to visit her father.
Elizabeth Brown was travelling from Sheffield to Newcastle at about 6pm on Sunday when a conductor said her ticket was not valid, and told her to get off at Darlington.
She called her father and he contacted the police, who sent someone to sit with her until he arrived at the station.
Elizabeth said: "I wasn't sure where I was because I had never been to Darlington before. I was very upset."
Her father, Stuart Brown, said: "She is a minor and, whatever the company did, it should not have thrown her off a train into a strange environment."
A spokesman for Virgin Trains said it was investigating the incident and would talk to the girl's parents.
The company said it believed the conductor may have been confused about whether or not the ticket was valid.
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