Healthy Baby Boy Born at DC Train Station Called L'Enfant Plaza

The birth of a baby on the Washington, D.C., Metro line will always make the news – but when that baby is most appropriately born at the L’Enfant Plaza Metro Station, the online world does its own version of baby congrats.

Once it was confirmed that mom and newborn son are doing great at the hospital, Twitter users were having a field day with the news.

Congratulations to Shavonnte Taylor on the birth of your new baby boy, Amir! pic.twitter.com/TRAN9Ca1uh

— @wmata (@wmata) August 1, 2013

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When the Metro Transit Police were asked if they were going to charge the kid exit fare, they replied:

.@KidPoetic @jmp_nyc No exit fare required; kids under 4 ride free. ;-)

— Metro Transit Police (@MetroTransitPD) August 1, 2013

Others lauded the transportation folks for their baby gift:

What a fitting push present. WMATA gives the Metro baby's mom $100 of fare on a SmarTrip card. http://t.co/KKPZSMyPjw pic.twitter.com/U58kM9GyrJ

— 99.1 WNEW (@WNEW) August 1, 2013

Baby news may make most people smile, but the flow of Twitter jokes is sure to ensure a laugh.

"L’Enfant is French for “the child,” an oddly fitting place to deliver a baby (insofar as Metro stations go, anyway)" http://t.co/h2LnKlIddO

— Angela Berardino (@COtravelGirl) August 1, 2013

Baby will go down in history for being the first person to ever arrive ahead of schedule at a Metro stop.

— delrayser (@delrayser) August 1, 2013

Baby born at DC Metro's L'Enfant Plaza station. I'm partial to the name "Doris Closing" #metrobaby

— Jim Acosta (@JimAcostaCNN) August 1, 2013

Dear @wmata, let's talk PR. In regard to today's metro delivery, I think your new slogan should be, "Life is just a stop away." #MetroBaby

— Justin Kirkland (@justinkirkland4) August 1, 2013

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