This is the outrageous moment a man rudely blocked an 80-year-old woman who was trying to go up the stairs at a Tube station.

The confrontation, believed to have taken place at Harrow and Wealdstone station yesterday, showed the man refusing to move out of the elderly woman’s way as he filmed her on the stairs.

Video footage began with the woman telling the man that she ‘wants to get up the stairs’ as she held on to the hand rail for support.

Blocking her path, the man quickly responded by telling her that he was recording and asked her not to touch him, putting his hand in front of her face.

He told her that he’s ‘here relaxing’ and that she could simply just ‘go round’ to which she said: ‘I can’t.’

The younger man then snapped back and said ‘you can you’ve got legs’ before she told him that she is 80 years old.

But the man did not care and disregarded the elderly woman’s age and said ‘so?’ and told her again that he was recording.

Tired of being blocked and filmed by the man she said: ‘I don’t give a damn what you’re doing, you are extremely rude and arrogant.’

An elderly woman, pictured, was rudely blocked by a younger man as she tried to go up tube station stairs

The man, who filmed the confrontation, refused to move out of her way and said that she could simply ‘go round’

Tired of the man’s behaviour, the 80-year-old turned to a man wearing high-visibility clothing to complain that she was being blocked

As oblivious passengers walked past, the woman on the steps turned to a man wearing high-visibility clothing to complain that she was rudely being blocked as the video ended.

The man who filmed the elderly woman has since faced furious backlash on social media after the video went viral.

One Facebook user said: ‘Does he not understand that she needs to hold onto the handrail for her mobility and stability. “I’m recording” and “You’ve got legs” hasn’t landed how he thought it would.’

Another frustrated user commented: ‘He should not be blocking the stairs, the rail is there for a reason and all she wants to do is get past. Whatever happened to having respect for your elders.’

While a third said: ‘Poor woman. She needs to hold on to the hand rail for stability and doesn’t want to let go. It would have taken him 2 seconds to move to one side and let her pass! He has zero respect for others!’

British Transport Police told the Daily Mail that they were looking into the video. 

Transport for London have been approached for comment.