Woman gives birth on Joban Line train in Chiba

Japan Times -- Jan 20

A woman gave birth to a baby girl on a train at a station in Chiba Prefecture on Friday. The mother and child were taken to a hospital by ambulance, firefighters said.

According to East Japan Railway Co. (JR East), the baby was born while the train, bound from Shinagawa Station in Tokyo for Tsuchiura, Ibaraki Prefecture, was stopped at Kashiwa Station at around 1:40 p.m.

The woman was giving birth when a conductor rushed to the scene in response to a platform alarm, JR East said.

Jan 20 (ANNnewsCH) - 電車の車内で女性が突然、産気づいて赤ちゃんを出産しました。 消防によりますと、19日午後1時40分ごろ、JR常磐線に乗っていた客から「車内で子どもが生まれた」と119番通報がありました。