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There was an unusual sight on the London Underground this week - a cat boarded at rush hour AND managed to find a seat.

The ginger tom hopped on a Tube at Seven Sisters and headed south to Vauxhall - not far from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home.

Commuters watched on stunned as the cat - who has been fittingly named Oyster - and travelled 10 stops on the Victoria Line.

Paige Jokovic, a Battersea volunteer who happened to be on the same train, coaxed him into a cat carrier and took him to the animal charity.

She said: "I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw Oyster sitting on a seat on the Tube, and I thought at first he was a teddy bear.

"Everyone around him was just staring like they'd never seen a cat before.

"Thankfully, I had a cat carrier with me as I had to pick my own cat up from the vets in the evening.

"We both took the Tube to Vauxhall and I'm very pleased I was there to help him get off the Tube, minding the gap, and escort him to Battersea."

(Image: Battersea Dogs and Cats Home)

Lindsey Quinlan, Battersea's head of cattery, said: "Oyster is very lucky to have been found on the Tube by Paige who was able to bring him to Battersea.

"We take in cats which have been found in appalling conditions in unusual places including bins and boxes, but Oyster is a healthy, happy boy who appears to have been simply making his way to central London.

"Oyster doesn't have a microchip, so if nobody comes forward to collect him, he will be rehomed and hopefully not try to take a trip on the Tube by himself again."

Battersea, which has been rehoming cats for 130 years, has around 150 cats across three centres looking for new homes.

It is holding late night Purrsdays on the last Thursday of every month where visitors can rehome the charity's abandoned moggies until 8.00pm.