Authorization operations have been completed for a world -war II bomb without exploiting discovered in Paris by construction workers during the night.
The explosive weighed half a ton and was found between the train tracks that lead to the Gare du Nord station, which serves 700,000 passengers a day, in the Senania region of Sena on the northern border of Paris.
The workers stumbled with the device while operating a movement machine of the Earth as part of a bridge repair project. It was buried approximately six feet under the ground.
The discovery caused significant travel delays, stopping the Eurostar, a passenger train that connects passengers with London, Paris and other cities through the channel tunnel. A series of national travel operations in northern France were also affected.
The pump removal services arrived within an hour of their discovery and quickly established a 500 meter safety perimeter. The morning peak time travelers in Gare Du Nord met interruption warning signs, as well as passenger snake lines navigated by ticket exchanges, travel updates and a blocked international terminal.
Similarly, Eurostar travelers at the International St. Pancras in London were waiting for updates.
The passengers of the St. Pancras International Station in London, after Eurostar Trains to the Capital stopped after the discovery of a bomb of the Era of the Second World War without exploiting near the railroad tracks in Paris. Image date: Friday, March 7, 2025. (Photo by James Manning/Pa images through Getty Images).
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Radical cancellations left many struggles for alternative arrangements, and some will be advised to find flights or reserve bullets for trains to Lille in northern France.
A view of an exit screen at the International Stan Pancras station in London, after Eurostar Trains to the Capital has stopped after the discovery of a world -war II bomb without exploiting near the roads in Paris. Image date: Friday, March 7, 2025. (Photo by James Manning/Pa images through Getty Images).
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Cancellations felt in Western Europe.
Gabrielle Cotton was supposed to, a Missouri tourist, would travel by train from Amsterdam to Paris, but stuck in Brussels.
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“I heard the girl by my side: her parents called her and said she found a bomb of World War II at the train station,” he said. “They told us that we had to go down in Brussels,” he told The Associated Press.
Michel Garrot was stranded with his wife in the Belgian capital.
“There is no solution. We will call the hotel and stay one more day. And change our train ticket, ”he said.
Meanwhile, passenger Lee Bailey said that Eurostar offered him a free reimbursement or refund, and an apology, but without compensation.
It is not uncommon for the bombs of both world wars to be unearthed in France, although they rarely cause the level of generalized interruption that is seen on Friday morning.
The Minister of Transportation of France, Philippe Toparot, warned that Gare Du Nord could remain closed until Saturday morning.
The French Interior Ministry says that from World War II ended in 1945, the elimination units have deactivated 700,000 air bombs and disassembled 50 million mines, shells and other incendiary devices.
– With Associated Press files
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