World War Two bomb found at Gare du Nord: UK-France Eurostar services cancelled
All services in and out of the station have been halted
Around 600,000 people use the station each day
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Train services out of Paris Gare du Nord are severely disrupted after an unexploded World War Two bomb was discovered on tracks leading out of the station last night.
No regional TER or high-speed TGV services are serving the station, and trains on other local Parisian lines are not stopping at the station.
International Eurostar trains are also affected, with all UK-France services scheduled before midday currently cancelled, with further cancellations possible.
The rail operator is advising people via its website to reschedule their journey for a different date.
Eurostar passengers scheduled to take a train towards Belgium or the Netherlands should instead head to the Marne La Vallée station, says national rail operator SNCF.
Gare du Nord is Europe’s busiest station, handling over 240 million passengers in 2023.
Bomb ‘a metre long’
The bomb was found by workers on tracks 2.5km north of the station in the Seine-Saint-Denis commune during an overnight operation.
It is over one metre in length according to local media reports.
A specialist team from the Parisian police department is set to study the object and determine further action, including possible diffusion of the bomb.
If it is safe to do so, works may be postponed until midnight to limit traffic disruption.
