A 49-year-old Toronto woman was charged with assault and mischief Saturday morning for allegedly trying to push a mother and her child onto the subway tracks at Bay station.

The incident occurred at around 11:40 a.m. on Friday as a 33-year-old mother and her six-month-old child walked along the platform, police said.

Officers allege that a female suspect then pushed the mother and her child, who was in a baby stroller, toward the tracks.

The mother managed to keep her balance, and neither she nor her child fell to the track level.

TTC spokesman Brad Ross said Friday that no train was coming into the station. He also expressed relief that the mother and her child were not injured.

Anne Carruthers of Toronto faces an assault charge plus two counts of mischief for endangering life.