EUROSTAR trains to and from Paris’ Gare du Nord came to a standstill after an unexploded World War II bomb was found on the tracks, French police confirmed.
The device was discovered “in the middle of the tracks” in Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, during overnight maintenance work, according to local media.
The discovery of a WW2 bomb has caused morning traffic chaos to and from Paris’ busy Gare du Nord train station
AFPThe disruption has affected local metro services and national and international trains, including Eurostar[/caption]
French railway company TER said on X: “An unexploded bomb from the Second World War was discovered near the tracks.”
The disruption has affected local metro services as well as national and international trains, including Eurostar and TGV.
Eurostar’s website shows at least three scheduled departures were cancelled Friday morning as police worked to neutralise the device.
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