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.

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

Eurostar has cancelled all trains between London and Paris throughout Friday, after the discovery of an unexploded Second World War bomb disrupted traffic at Paris ’s busy Gare du Nord station. “An unexploded bomb from the Second World War was discovered near the tracks,” French national railway company TER said.