Unexploded WW II bombs were found near tracks at the main train terminal in Paris
Paris – The Eurostar train travels to and from London and other trains heading north from Paris were found, which dates back to World War II and is close to the track of World War II, serving the busy Gal Nord station in the busy French capital of France.
The country’s national train operator SNCF said in a statement that traffic was stopped at the request of the police. They are working to disable the device.
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French transport minister Philippe Tabarot said traffic throughout the day would be “severely damaged” and that only limited service was restored in the afternoon, urging travelers to postpone their trips.
The bomb was discovered around 4 a.m., through workers who were doing Earth work near the track in the Senas-Denis region.
The minesweeper was sent to the site and their operations were still in progress.
When open Friday, stranded travelers gather at the station.
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Gare du Nord is a major European transport center that serves international destinations north of France, such as the European capital, Brussels and the Netherlands, as well as major Paris airports and many regional destinations.
Bombs left behind in World War I and World War II are often found around France, but rarely in places so full of people.
Tabarot said in a speech on the broadcaster’s SUD radio that local residents and people near the train station should be “not worried” about the risk of explosions, as he emphasized the procedures for chopping up these bombs and removing such bombs.
