Japanese passengers move 32-tonne train to rescue trapped women

Train passengers and railway staff push a train car to rescue a trapped woman at Minami Urawa station. Photograph: Norihiro Shigeta/AP

A public announcement that a passenger was trapped prompted about 40 people to join train officials to push the carriage, whose suspension system allows it to lean to either side, the Yomiuri newspaper reported.

The unnamed woman in her 30s was then pulled out uninjured to applause from onlookers at JR Minami-Urawa station, just north of Tokyo.

After just an eight-minute delay, the train went on its way

The train line in question is the Kehein Tohoku line which runs between Omiya in Saitama prefecture and Ofuna in Kanagawa prefecture.

Minami Urawa station is located in Saitama