Eurostar cancellations – latest: All Paris trains suspended today after WW2 bomb diffused near Gare du Nord station

The bomb that traveled chaos in London and Paris, causing all Eurostar trains to be canceled, has now been distributed by the French authorities.

Police Chief Laurent Nuñez said: “Congratulations to everyone! The shell dating from World War II is offset.

“I thank all the police, emergency services and specialized agents involved in this operation and especially the director of the LCPP. The security perimeters will be lifted. “

Sud Rail Union leader Fabien Villedieu shared a photo of the unbeated bomb on social media, which he said weighed 300 kg.

Travel Correspondent Simon Calder reports:

Eurostar says all its 32 trains between London and Paris are canceled on Friday, which is estimated to be left out of position.

The closure took place on the busiest day of the week for Eurostar – and the most important day for recreational travelers on the way to a weekend in Paris.

These are the options like Friday at 13.15 hours.

Eurostar confirmed that passengers affected by the cancellations could claim repayments for their ticket if they did not change their trip to another travel date.

Here are the options that Eurostar listed on its website:

• Exchange the booking for free to travel in the same class at another time or date.
• Cancel the discussion and claim an e-foucher who will have you 12 months after the date of the disrupted journey to salvation.
• Cancel your booking and claim a refund. You will receive a refund for the value of your ticket within 28 days – but it does not cover the cost of booking or exchange costs.

Eurostar says passengers have three months from the original travel date to claim their preferred option.

Travel Correspondent Simon Calder reports directly from London St. Pancras:

SNCF (French Railways) says domestic services will start resuming this afternoon on the line north from Paris Gare du Nord.

It says to passengers: “Traffic will only resume in the middle of the afternoon, after formal authority of the authorities, but will be disrupted until the end of the day.”

The operator adds: “We invite you to postpone your journey.”

Eurostar, which connects London to Paris through the channel tunnel, canceled his entire schedule at about 9am Friday, the British era.

A spokesman said: “Tomorrow we expect normal traffic between Paris and Brussels and between Paris and London to drive two extra trains tomorrow: one that London to Paris leaving in the morning, one leaving for London that afternoon.”

Simon Calder reports directly from London St. Pancras:

Much space is available on DFDs, Irish ferries and P&O feather boats sails from Dover to Calais (and DFDs to Dunkirk) over the weekend.

The same goes for commuting from Folkestone to Calais.

The independent have made several attempts to see which seats are available on trains running from London to Lille, from where other surface options – including trains to Marne La Vallée/Disneyland Paris, east of the capital.

But the Eurostar DAPP nor the site allows it to make reservations. The app says to customers: ‘Sorry, something went wrong. Go to the homepage. ”

The site simply contains an endless turning eurostar logo. So it is currently impossible to recommend any solutions involved in Eurostar.

The best solution is DFDs from Newhaven to Diepps, as further train via Rouen to Paris served St-Lazare station in the French capital, which is not affected by the closure.

P&O feather boats usually carry from Dover to Calais every day on a few passengers on the passengers. But due to the eurostar closing, it is more evening sails available.

You can easily reach Dover from London on the High Speed ​​1 line of St Pancras to Dover Priory. The ferry is £ 37.25. Foot passenger application closes 90 minutes before departure.

From Dunkirk or Calais on the other side of the channel, the best plan is to go to Lille and try to get a train to Marne La Vallée/Disneyland Paris – or to fail, a coach.

Fully discussed from London to Paris, although Flixbus shows a strange connection via Antwerp that lasts more than 17 hours.

Many passengers have chosen to fly from another British city – including Birmingham, Manchester and Leeds – to Paris. All such flights for Friday have been fully discussed.

The same goes for other French cities – although there are seats on Easyjet from London Gatwick to Strasbourg on Friday night, with an early train from the Alsian city to Paris EST which arrives before 9am on Saturday.

“An unbeated bomb from World War II was discovered near the tracks,” said the French national railway company Terer.

The bomb was discovered in the middle of the tracks near Paris, sitting around 4am, affecting the disruption of local subways and national and international trains.

Barney Davis and Simon Calder with the full report:

A Pariser was left after his journey to see his partner in London feel ‘frustrated’ was hampered by the travel chaos.

Lee Bailey, 48, who has an apartment in Paris, was booked on a Eurostar train at about 07.09 hours, but then had to be booked to a later train at 16:30 – which was also canceled.

He hoped to travel to London to spend the weekend with his partner living there.

The communications professional told the Dad News Agency: ‘There were a few hundred people waiting to go through the ticket scanners and passport control that was being held back and people were calm, but of course it was frustrating.

“I understand the need to address the risk, but the process for resumes has become complicated, and at two points the Eurostar website asked me to pay to book on later trains.”

About 200 people with front doors opening to the operating area were evacuated, the local authorities said.

“A mining operation is underway after the discovery of a Second World War shell on the Railway Tracks in Saint Denis,” the State Services X says for Seine Saint Denis.

‘A 500 -meter security circumference was established around the machine. In preparation for the operation, police headquarters have already evacuated 200 people whose home doors provide direct access to the operating area.

“Other people located within the security circumference in Saint-Denis and Saint-Ouen are asked to limit themselves to their homes for the duration of the operation.”

Ella Brown and Charlie Spath planned to spend the weekend in Paris, but have now been forced to try their train.

Ella, 21, traveled from Orange County, California to visit her friend Charlie, also 21, at his year abroad at City University.

They planned to spend their weekend in France, but are now trying to discuss their eurostar for tomorrow night.

“It will work out, but it’s a bummer,” said Ms Brown. “I haven’t been in Europe before.”

They looked at flights “but it’s almost more pain,” she said.