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 discovery of an unexploded World War II-era bomb near the tracks severed Paris' high-speed rail links with London and Brussels on Friday, dashing travelers' weekend getaway plans and causing cascading disruptions to scores of other trains to and from France’s busiest railway station,

Eurostar cancels all high-speed trains from Paris to London and Brussels due to discovery of a World War II-era bomb near Paris' Gare du Nord.