A huge fight broke out on a London Underground train before spilling out onto a platform - after a woman accused a man of calling her a 's**g'.

Passengers were stunned as the man and woman brawled through the carriage of the Hammersmith and City line train travelling through East London towards Barking.

Witnesses claimed the argument began around Mile End station on Saturday night when the woman in a red skirt and the Asian man got into a verbal row.

The woman in a red skirt (centre) and the Asian man (left) got into a verbal row on a Tube train

The man is said to have asked a passenger: 'Are you racist? What you just said is racist' - before the woman replied: 'This is nothing to do with you.'

The Asian man also appeared in a video to say 'What you f**ing going to do, you racist motherf***er?' - and this seemed to be in the direction of another man.

The woman was with a male friend who was standing in between her and the Asian man, but their verbal argument quickly led into a physical brawl.

By the time the train had reached West Ham, the duo were fighting and the woman could be heard shouting: 'Don't ever call me a f***ing s**g, ever.'

The woman also claims the Asian man called her a 'sl*t', saying: 'I will f**ing kill you.'

The brawl took place on a Hammersmith and City line train travelling through East London

The man in grey (left) had been pulling the woman back, but then laid into the Asian man

The Asian man ended up on the floor on Saturday night as the attack continued on the train

The man accompanying the woman had been trying to hold her back, but then he also got involved in the fight, witnesses claimed to MailOnline.

This left the Asian man on the floor - as someone shouted 'no, enough, enough' - before the group jumped out at Plaistow to continue brawling on the platform.

The footage was recorded at about 0.30am in the early hours of Sunday morning by a 35-year-old dental professional, who did not wish to be named.

But she said: 'This behaviour was totally unacceptable and shameful, putting a few hundred people's safety at risk and also distressing them.

'I left the scene badly shaking. I literally was scared for my life as it seemed like I might get the next punch.'

The brawl then spilled out onto the platform at Plaistow station on the Underground network

Three men were seen involved in a brawl at one end of the station on Saturday night

Three other men were also involved in a brawl on the other end of the platform at Plaistow

A British Transport Police spokesman said: 'Officers were called to Plaistow London Underground station at 12.19am on Sunday following reports of a fight at the station.

'Officers attended and are making enquiries into the circumstances of this incident. No arrest have been made yet.

'It is believed that a fight broke between two groups of males at approximately 12.15am on board a District Line train. The fight then continued onto the platform. It is not believed there were any serious injuries.

Police said anyone who was in the station at time and/or who might have seen anything should contact 0800 405040 or text 61016, quoting '15 of 12 August'.