{"id":2411007,"date":"2025-03-07T12:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eurostar-service-resumes-after-unexploded-wwii-bomb-discovered-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-03-07T12:06:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T17:06:42","slug":"eurostar-service-resumes-after-unexploded-wwii-bomb-discovered-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/eurostar-service-resumes-after-unexploded-wwii-bomb-discovered-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Eurostar service resumes after unexploded WWII bomb discovered &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Feurostar-service-resumes-after-unexploded-wwii-bomb-discovered-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2411007&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>eurostar train services between Paris, London, and brussels were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/antifa-leftists-get-censored-by-social-media-platforms\/\" title=\"Antifa, leftists get censored by social media platforms\">temporarily suspended<\/a> after teh discovery of a large unexploded World War II \u2062<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-the-bidens-got-rich-while-americans-got-robbed\/\" title=\"Donald Trump: ...The Bidens Got Rich While Americans Got Robbed...\">bomb<\/a> near Saint-Denis, approximately 1.5 miles from Paris. The bomb, \u200cweighing 500 kilograms (1,102 pounds), with\u200b 200 kilograms (440 pounds) of \u200bexplosives, was found by construction workers\u200d involved \u2062in \u200breplacing a railway bridge. Following\u200d a successful disposal operation by police,train services resumed within hours. French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot expressed relief over the situation&#8217;s resolution, highlighting the mobilization of over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/video-reportedly-shows-atlanta-police-not-pursuing-drive-by-shooter-targeting-terrorized-residents\/\" title=\"Video Reportedly Shows Atlanta ... Not Pursuing Drive-By Shooter Targeting Terrorized Residents\">300 police officers<\/a> to manage the incident. The\u2063 closure impacted domestic and international travel at Gare du Nord, Paris&#8217;s busiest train station, frequented by an estimated 220 million\u200c visitors annually.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Eurostar train service resumes after discovery of unexploded WWII bomb<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2030123\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Eurostar <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/trains\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">trains<\/a> between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/paris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Paris<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/London\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">London<\/a> and Paris and Brussels were suspended after an unexploded <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/World-War-II\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">World War II<\/a> bomb was discovered early Friday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The bomb was described as &ldquo;really <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/see-it-the-completely-innocent-piece-of-trump-art-that-art-show-allegedly-booted-for-being-suggestive\/\" title=\"See It: The Completely Innocent Piece of Trump Art That Art Show Allegedly Booted for Being ...Suggestive...\">huge&#038;rdquo<\/a>; by a spokesperson for France&rsquo;s national rail company SNCF. Hours after its discovery, train service resumed following a successful disposal operation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3339617\/pope-francis-health-release-audio-message\/\">Pope Francis releases first audio message since hospitalization: &#8216;I accompany you from here&#8217;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3339627\/south-korea-bombs-civilians-abnormal-military-drill\/\">South Korea bombs own civilians in &#8216;abnormal&#8217; military drill accident<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3339649\/us-citizens-ukraine-hotel-survive-russian-strike\/\">US citizens at Ukraine hotel survived Russian strike: Zelensky<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re delighted and relieved that all this has come to an end,&rdquo; French Transport Minister Philippe Tabarot said, noting over 300 police officers mobilized to deal with the bomb.<\/p>\n<p>The bomb weighed 500 kilograms, or 1,102 pounds, of which 200 kilograms, or 440 pounds, were explosives.<\/p>\n<p>Construction workers discovered it around 2.5 kilometers, about 1.5 miles, outside Paris, along railway tracks in the nearby town of Saint-Denis, on a site to replace a railway bridge.<\/p>\n<p>Both domestic and international travel at Paris&rsquo;s busy Gare du Nord station were affected. An estimated 220 million visitors pass through the station every year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/3264173\/trump-sprawling-business-empire-fresh-ethics-test\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>TRUMP&rsquo;S SPRAWLING BUSINESS EMPIRE POSES FRESH ETHICS TEST<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Eurostar, the operator of <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">sleek high-speed trains<\/a> through the Channel Tunnel that joins England with the European continent, canceled all of its services linking its Paris hub at Gare du Nord, France&rsquo;s busiest rail station, to the United Kingdom and Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;There&rsquo;s no reason to fear,&rdquo; Tabaro told Sud Radio at the time of the suspension. &ldquo;It can happen that deminers have to clear a certain number of abandoned bags sometimes. But it&rsquo;s quite rare for a WWII bomb.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2030123\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2030123\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eurostar service resumes after WWII bomb found near Paris<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2910,"featured_media":2411008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/eurostar-trains-suspensionn.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51739,4133,8068,51740,12223],"class_list":["post-2411007","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-eurostar","tag-news","tag-transportation","tag-unexploded-bomb","tag-wwii"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/eurostar-trains-suspensionn.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2910"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2411007"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411007\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2411011,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2411007\/revisions\/2411011"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2411008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2411007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2411007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2411007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}