Eurostar trains to London and all trains heading to northern France were brought to a halt Friday following the discovery of an unexploded World War II era bomb on tracks leading to the nation’s busiest station.

The police successfully defused the explosive device, which weighs more than 1,000 pounds and was found near tracks north of the French capital during landscaping work.

All 32 trains scheduled to run between London and Paris on Friday have been cancelled, wrecking travel plans for thousands of passengers. But extra services have been added to Saturday's timetable.

This Paris regional train was parked on the tracks in the suburb of Saint-Denis as services ground to a halt An unexploded World War Two bomb found near Gare du Nord station in Paris was defused on Friday after trains to and from the station - one of Europe's biggest - were cancelled.

The disposal of what Paris police called an "excessively dangerous" unexploded World War II bomb caused hours of transportation chaos Friday on rail and road networks in the French capital, including the suspension of high-speed train links with London and Brussels.

Travel across Europe was snarled Friday after a World War II-era bomb was discovered near the Gare du Nord in Paris, where trains crisscrossing the continent connect. The bomb was discovered at about 3:30 a.

A World War II-era bomb was discovered on the train tracks in Saint-Denis, a northern suburb of Paris, during overnight maintenance work. The unexploded ordnance, found in the middle of the tracks, caused immediate safety concerns.

An unexploded World War II bomb caused chaos at one of France's busiest train stations. The 500kg bomb containing 200kg of explosives was unearthed under a building during a railway bridge replacement in Saint-Denis,