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Train services from Paris gradually resumed on Friday evening Saturday morning AEDT after the disposal operation of an unexploded World War II bomb caused transportation chaos in the French capital, including the suspension of high-speed train links with London and Brussels.
Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said that almost trains were cancelled and the disruption affected around , people at the Gare du Nord, France's busiest train station. It wasn't immediately clear how the bomb was made safe or disposed of. Rail services were halted at Gare du Nord, upending commuters' workdays and travellers' weekend getaway plans, as bomb-disposal experts worked to make the kg explosive device safe.
Eurostar, the operator of sleek high-speed trains through the Channel Tunnel that joins England with the European continent, said it expects normal traffic between Paris and Brussels and between Paris and London on Saturday. The company said it will run two extra trains, one leaving London to Paris in the morning, the other from Paris to London in the afternoon. The cascade of transportation woes first hit morning rush-hour train services before also spreading to the road network, with Paris police closing the A1 highway that feeds into the north of the city, as well as sections of the capital's always-busy ring road, as the bomb-disposal operation dragged on.
Eurostar announced the cancellation of all its services linking its Paris hub at Gare du Nord to the UK and Belgian capitals. Scores of commuter, regional and high-speed trains between Paris and towns and cities in northern France were also cancelled.
