A man has been charged with attempted murder after a woman was pushed into the side of an oncoming tube train.

The incident occurred at Piccadilly Circus on a Bakerloo line platform just after 4pm on Tuesday, 10th November.

The footage shows a man standing on the platform behind the Muslim woman as a train approaches.

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Only moments before the train arrives, he can be seen running over to the unsuspecting woman.

The footage has been shared on social media.

The CCTV footage shows the man pushing the woman from behind towards the edge of the platform.

The unsuspecting woman hits the side of the train and falls back onto the floor of the platform.

Commuters can be seen rushing to her aid.

According to a British Transport Police spokesman, the woman escaped with minor injuries.

A Japanese national Yoshiyuki Shinohara, 81, appeared at Westminster Magistrates' court yesterday charged with attempted murder.

He is due to appear at Blackfriars Crown Court on November 25.