Baby is delivered at London’s Waterloo station

A baby has been born at London’s Waterloo station after his mother went to labour on a train.  

The newborn is believed to be the first child to be delivered at the country’s busiest railway hub.   

Evelyn Brandao, 24, was travelling with her family from Woking yesterday when she suddenly realised she was going into labour.

Pictured: Evelyn Brandao with baby Reign and partner Hervon Charles and Justyna Syla Station Shift Manager Network Rail

The mother-to-be panicked and alerted the train guard at 3.45pm and said she was about to have her son.

The worker managed to rush her into the station’s first aid room where she gave birth to baby Reign at 4.10pm. 

Ms Brandao puts the quick birth down to the the raspberry leaf tea she had been drinking earlier that day. She told the BBC: ‘It must have really worked’. 

Ms Brandao said she had been ‘hoping that Reign would wait, but there was no chance’ and the baby arrived just 25 minutes later, weighing 6lb 8oz (2.9kg).

After being checked over by paramedics, the family were taken to nearby St Thomas’ Hospital.

Waterloo station shift manager Justyna Syla, who took the call from the train guard, told the BBC: ‘it was a first for me and something that will live long in the memory’.