ROWDY drunks on York station left a 60-year-old woman shaken and injured when they barged her to the ground.

Pauline Jones was trying to get off a train from London to York when a gang of around 30 people barged on to the train, shoving her to the floor.

Miss Jones, from Heworth, was left hurt and frightened by the experience, and more than a week later is still in pain.

She damaged her coccyx and had a panic attack on the platform as police and station staff tried to help her.

"Four of us were trying to get off the train, and around 30 people were trying to get on. They didn't let us off, and I was pushed backwards.

"As I got off, I heard one of them say 'don't exaggerate'."

Although other passengers helped Miss Jones, and police officers arrived, the train pulled away before anyone responsible could be stopped.

The incident happened on Saturday, June 13. More than a week later, she is still in pain.

"I went to A and E on the Monday, but the doctor said that as it was my coccyx that was injured they couldn't do anything except give me painkillers."

Both police and station staff were helpful and kind after the incident, Miss Jones said, but she was left shaken and frightened.

"I had a panic attack when the police took me to one side. I've never had one before, but it was because of all the noise, screaming and running around."

Ms Jones contacted The Press after we revealed police and city council concerns about disorder in the city on Saturdays. They said York was becoming a "no-go area" for many.

She already avoids the city centre at weekends, but the scenes on the station left her shocked.

"I don't go into town on weekends, it's too busy.

"It was just scary. You don't expect that. I used to live in London so I am used to packed commuter trains, but not that."

Twenty minutes before the train arrived in York conductors had moved lots of passengers, including families with children, out of the back carriages and into first class to keep them out of the way of the large groups of drunken racegoers getting the last train back to Sunderland that night.