Elderly man charged over alleged sex assault on morning train

An 85-year-old man has been charged following an alleged sexual assault on a city-bound train last week.

Police have been told a woman, aged in her 50s, was assaulted as it travelled between Carnegie and Caulfield at about 9am last Wednesday.

The 85-year-old Hughesdale man was charged today with sexual assault and has been bailed to appear at Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on December 8.