History was made in October when a baby was born at London Waterloo station after his mum and family were traveling to the city from Woking.

Evelyn Brandao was with her family traveling to the capital on the 16th October 2017.

At 3.45pm she told the train guard that she was going to have a baby. The guard prewarned the station staff and phoned for an ambulance.

Evelyn was taken to the first aid room at Waterloo station where, at 4.10, baby Reign was born, weighing 6lbs and 8oz.

A bit of history has been made at London Waterloo with what is thought to be the first ever baby, a boy named Reign, born at the station.

Both were checked by paramedics and then taken to St Thomas’ Hospital.

What did they say about the baby being born?

Evelyn Brandao said: “It was a bit of rush getting off the train and finding somewhere private so I was absolutely relieved when I got to the first aid room. The staff looked after me really well and made it as easy as possible. We were hoping that Reign would wait, but there was no chance. The raspberry leaf tea that I had must have really worked!”

Network Rail’s Justyna Syla, the shift station manager, said “I tried to calm Evelyn down as much as I could, but I’m not sure that the paramedics fully believed her when she said that the baby was coming right now! Everything happened so quickly and everyone responded well to the situation – it was a first for me and something that will live long in the memory.”

Lauren Smith, a midwife from the Home from Home birth centre at St Thomas’ Hospital, looked after Evelyn and Reign when they arrived. She said “We get a lot of patients traveling to see us from Waterloo but they are not normally this young! When Evelyn and her baby arrived at St Thomas’ it was our job to make sure that they were both safe and healthy, so it is wonderful to see how well they are doing now.”

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