A woman gave birth to a baby named Felix while on a train. Passengers were delayed for just over an hour.
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Ssurprise for the passengers of a train linking Paris to the south of Germany! During their trip on Sunday morning, a little boy named Felix was born on board the train, stopped for the occasion at the Lorraine TGV station, said Monday the SNCF, which operates the train with the German Deutsche Bahn.
Around 8 a.m., i.e. one hour after the departure of ICE 9571 from Paris, the skipper was informed of the contractions and the loss of a passenger’s water and immediately notified the operational center which manages the TGV line. East. A call on board was made on the train, allowing a doctor to come to the aid, said a spokesperson.
Intervention of firefighters
The train exceptionally stopped at 8:10 a.m. at Lorraine TGV station, in Louvigny (Moselle), to allow the traveler to be taken care of by firefighters. But “due to the emergency, the delivery took place on the train,” she added.
“Everything went well,” and the newborn, a baby boy named Felix, was born around 9:10 a.m., she continued. The mother and child were taken to hospital by firefighters. The train, which was to connect Paris to Stuttgart, therefore left one hour and twenty minutes late, and did not go further than Karlsruhe (in the south-west of Germany). The director of the axis sent a bouquet of flowers to the parents, according to the spokesperson.