Approval operations have been completed for an unexploded ERU of World War II bomb They discovered in Paris by construction workers overnight.
Half -ton explosives found between train Songs leading to the Gare du Nord-Koji station a day serves 700,000 passengers to the Seine-Saint Denis region on the region Paris’ The northern border.
Workers stumbled upon a device while operating a machine that moves in the country as part of a bridge repair project. He was buried approximately six feet under the ground.
The discovery was caused by the great delays of the trip, stopping the Eurostar, a trans-European train connecting passengers with London, Paris and other cities across the channel tunnels. He also influenced the murder of domestic trips in northern France.
The bomb disposal services arrived within an hour of the discovery and quickly established a 500 -meter safety perimeter. The passengers of the morning rush to Gare du Nord are filled with inscriptions, warning of the disorders, as well as the serpenting lines of passengers moving on to exchange tickets, travel updates and blocked international terminal.
Similarly, Eurostar passengers London St. Pancras International remained waiting for updates.
Passengers at the Station of St. Pancras in London, after the Eurostar trains to the capital were stopped after the discovery of an unploded World War II bomb near the railway lines in Paris. Picture Date: Friday 7th March 2025. (Photo by James Manning/so pictures via Getty Images).
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The cancellation of the cancellation has left a lot for alternative arrangements, and some have advised to find flights or to book trains tickets to Lille in northern France.
The departure screen was seen at St. John’s International Station. Pancras in London after the Eurostar trains were stopped after the discovery of an unploded World War II bomb near Paris trails. Picture Date: Friday 7th March 2025. (Photo by James Manning/so pictures via Getty Images).
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The cancels felt in Western Europe.
Gabrielle Cotton, a tourist from Missouri, was supposed to travel by train from Amsterdam to Paris, but stuck in Brussels.
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“I heard the girl beside me – her parents called her and said that a World War II bomb had been found at the train station,” she said. “They told us we had to come down to Brussels,” she said Associated Press.
Michel Garrot stranded with his wife in the Belgian capital.
“No solution. We’ll call the hotel and stay another day. And change our train ticket,” he said.
Meanwhile, passenger Lee Bailey said Eurostar offered him a free review or refund, and an apology, but without compensation.
It is not uncommon for bombs from both world wars to be detected in France, although they rarely cause a wide disorder seen on Friday morning.
French transport minister Philippe Tabarot warned that Gare du Nord could remain closed until Saturday morning.
The French Ministry of Internal Affairs says that since World War II he ended up in 1945, the units for the disposal of 700,000 bombs lowered by air and disarmed 50 million mines, shells and other flammable devices.
– With files from Associated Press
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