Rail traffic in Gare du Nord in Paris, station receives Eurostar Trains of London as well as high speed and local services, already halted after a second world war bomb found in the nearby track.
Inexploded bomb weighing 500kg was found in the middle of a set of footsteps by the overnight maintenance work in the suburb of the St Denis, about 1.5 thousand miles (2.5km) a gare du Nord.
Minesweepers quickly to the place.
Bombs from the first and second world war regularly found around Cock. The device found 2 meters below ground in local familiar with potential second world war debris. The rail maintenance work had been carried out of special provisions. When the device was found, the work has stopped and minesweepers are called in, with a perimeter extended to 1km on Friday morning.
Local authorities in St-Denis said residents with voided by some buildings of the windows versus to place where the bomb is deactivated. Six schools and take care of the house in the area were also locked up at the hour, although the local authorities has been said “no risk” to them. Part Paris Road and A1 motorway was closed to traffic on-metal operations, police prefecture said.
Matthieu Chabanel, capital rail infrastructure management unit sncf réseau, said that it was found a bomb such size was “really quite exceptional”.
“We know that in the World War 2, the blaspheme network was heavily bombed, especially here North Paris where there were too many factories,” and reported reporters. “It is especially vigilant with carry work in this area and detect abnormal situation, which is what happened tonight”. He added that the police teams had been informed.
It immediately clear with the bomb fell if dated before or after 1940 occupation Paris Nazi Germany.
All rail traffic to Gare du Nord, France’s Busiest Railway terminal, stopped to Paris police worked to disable the device.
Gare du Nord is a major European transit center, serving international destinations to Belgium and Netherlands, then the main Paris Airport and many regional places. The station in the northern in French head, serves an estimated 700,000 people per day, according to the SNCF National Rail Company.
The Frengue Officer Philippe Tabarot, announced to French Radio Before ask for the stage teams were “massively movements” to deal with the device. He said, “There is nothing to fear, but we have no arguments to look.”
Tabarot said teams are working as most of the great security perimeter, adding that disruption is likely to die but hoped some obstacles in the afternoon.
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Eurostar warned the passengers to change their tickets to travel different. There will be no Eurostar trains in or out of Paris in Friday, affecting travel and of London St. Pancra. Services of London to Brussels and the London to the Amsterdam, which is not in Paris, when running normally, Eurostar added.
In the mood was a mass in St. Pancrating station on Friday morning as holidaymakers waited updates on the road. Julie King who planned to visit Paris to celebrate his daughter 18th birthday, said to disruption left them “really upset.”
Some French regional trains at the northern destinations were leaving for a gare of Lyon.
In the train operator three estimated his services on the northern hauts-of-France region does not resume before mid afternoon after go-ahead of French authors.
Travelers planning to travel a train to Charles of Gaulle airport warned to the bus from the works.