The regional, suburban and long-distance trains headed towards the north and northeast of Paris have been suspended
Rail and road traffic in and around Paris was thrown into a chaos on Friday morning following the discovery of an unexploded bomb of World War II vintage just north of the city.
According to Préfecture de Police of Paris, the bomb weighs about 500 kg and was discovered about 2.5 km north of Gare du Nord, the main railway terminal that connects Paris to key destinations like London, Brussels, Amsterdam and Berlin. As a result of the discovery of the bomb, train services have been suspended at least until this evening, with Eurostar cancelling all trains leaving from Paris to London today.
The site, where the bomb was found during construction work, is known to contain several other remnants of the war, as a result of the intense bombardment of fringes of Paris by the Allied armies in April 1944.
Not only the long distance trains, but also regional and suburban trains headed towards the north and northeast of Paris have been suspended.
The disruption of train services has also severely impacted transfers to Paris Charles de Gaulle airport as they pass through Gare du Nord. Also, with a section of the Périphérique, or the ring road around Paris, being closed off, even the road transport linking the city to CDG airport has been impacted.
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