Traffic at Gare de Northern Paris station stopped as an unploded bomb of the Second World War found near tracks Blogging Sole

Traffic at Gare de Northern Paris station stopped as an unploded bomb of the Second World War found near tracks Blogging Sole

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Paris – Eurostar trains to and from London and other trains heading north of Paris were arrested on Friday following the discovery of an unploded bomb dating from the Second World War near the tracks serving the Gare du Nord station of the French capital. The country’s national train operator, SNCF, said in a statement that traffic had been arrested at the request of the most popular railway station in France. The authorities were working to deactivate the device for several decades.

The French Minister of Transport, Philippe Tabarot, said that traffic would be “strongly disrupted” throughout the day with a limited service by resuming in the afternoon, and he urged travelers to postpone their trips.

The bomb was discovered around 4 am by workers doing earthmoving work near the slopes of the Seine-Saint-Denis region.

Traffic at Gare de Northern Paris station stopped as an unploded bomb of the Second World War found near tracks Blogging Sole
Passengers are held under an information screen showing that traffic was stopped at the Gare du Nord station in Paris on March 7, 2025, after the discovery of a bomb of the Second World War.

Geoffroy van der Hasselt / AFP via Getty Images

Mine flirtators were sent to the site and their operation continued.

Blocked travelers converged on the station when it opened on Friday.

The Gare du Nord is a large European public transport center, serving international destinations in the north of France, such as the EU capital, Brussels and the Netherlands, as well as the main Paris airport and many regional destinations.

The bombs left world wars I and II are regularly discovered around France and others European countriesBut rarely in a place so full of people.

Unploded bomb from France
The Gare du Nord station in Paris is seen in January 2023.

Michel Euler / AP

Tabarot, speaking on the Sud radio broadcaster, said that local residents and people near the stations should have “no fear” of a risk of explosion, as he highlighted the procedures in place to defuse and eliminate these bombs.

Eurostar, who directs passenger trains through the chain tunnel between Great Britain and the continent, canceled all the services between London and Paris Friday morning and advised passengers to choose another day to travel.

Friday is one of the busiest days of the week at London Hub station in London of Eurostar, St. Pancras, while thousands of people leave and arrive for a vacation.

The trains between London and the other major destination in Eurostar, Brussels, were not affected.

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