French police were working to disarm a WWII-era bomb found “in the middle of the train tracks” in the north of Paris. All trains to the Gare du Nord station, including the Eurostar, were halted.

An unexploded bomb from World War II disrupted railway traffic to and from Paris’ busy Gare du Nord train station, officials said Friday.

The bomb was found “in the middle of the tracks”, 2.5 km (1.55 miles) from the train station, in the Saint Denis area, France’s national rail company said in a statement. The Paris suburban rail company wrote on X that the explosive was from the WWII era.

All train traffic to the station was halted as the local police worked to disable the explosive.

The Gare du Nord station lies north of Paris and is the country’s busiest train terminal, hosting Eurostar trains as well as high-speed and local trains.

Eurostar’s website showed that at least four trains scheduled to depart from the station had been canceled. “Please change your journey for a different date of travel,” it advised travelers.

“Due to an object on the tracks near Paris Gare du Nord, we are expecting disruption to our services this morning,” Eurostar said in a statement, “Please change your journey for a different date of travel.”

An estimated 700,000 people commute via the station each day, as per the railway company.

Edited by Sean Sinico

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