Eurostar and French rail services halted at Gare du Nord after WW2 bomb found

Eurostar and French rail services halted at Gare du Nord after WW2 bomb found

Unexploded bomb found on tracks during overnight maintenance work near France’s busiest train terminal Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and agencies Fri 7 Mar 2025 09.50 CET

Traffic at the Paris Gare du Nord train station has been halted after a second world war bomb was found on tracks leading to France’s busiest terminal, officials said.

The unexploded bomb was found in the middle of the tracks overnight during maintenance work carried out in the suburb of Saint Denis, the national SNCF rail company said.

The bomb dated from the second world war, the RER B suburban train line wrote in a post on X.