Eurostar trains between London and Paris have been brought to a halt after the discovery of an unexploded bomb dating back to the Second World War near the tracks.France’s national train operator SNCF said in a statement that services would be stopped at the Gare du Nord until mid-morning at the request of police.

Eurostar will resume services to and from Paris on Saturday after a World War II-era bomb found under tracks outside the French capital halted traffic at Gare du Nord station.

Speaking to the BBC before the French transport minister confirmed the WW2 bomb had been defused, Lejeune says they thought it was the "better option" to cancel all 32 services between London and Paris today because it would give passengers "clarity" amid the "uncertainty".

Eurostar, operator of the sleek speedy trains that usually make rail travel between the UK and the continent a breeze, announced the cancellation of all its services to and from its hub in the French capital.

Disposal experts managed to unscrew and then destroy its fuse, but the half-ton British-made bomb could have caused major damage had it exploded after workers inadvertently dug it up. Still, the police operation surrounding the bomb's disposal triggered major disruption for hundreds of thousands

Following the discovery of an unexploded WW2 bomb, Eurostar trains between London and Paris have been cancelled all day. According to local media, the explosive was discovered “in the middle of the tracks” in the Saint-Denis area in France while construction was underway overnight.

The discovery of the unexploded bomb, which weighed more than 1,000 pounds, near one of France’s largest trains stations caused travel disruptions in Paris and other parts of Europe.