20 Mind-Blowing Facts About The London Underground

15. Two Babies Have Been Born On The Tube

There are signs on the tube warning that if you feel ill during your journey, you shouldn't pull the emergency stop but wait until arriving at the next station before receiving help. What these signs mostly serve to do is instil horror in passengers by making them imagine how awful it is being sick on a speeding subterranean metal box. Spare a thought, then, for the two women who have given birth in the Underground system. The first was in 1924 and was in a tube carriage at the Bakerloo line section of Elephant & Castle. The second was in 2009 on a platform at Kingsbury station, Jubilee line. Both mothers and babies survived the surely traumatic experience.