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.

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.

Local train and Eurostar services are disrupted at Gare du Nord station in Paris after an unexploded World War Two bomb was found nearby. The bomb was found "in the middle of the tracks" in the area of Saint-Denis, a suburb of Paris, during overnight works on the tracks, local media reported.

The discovery of the unexploded WWII bomb outside of Paris caused all Eurostar traffic coming in and out of Gare du Nord station to be “completely halted,” the railway company told PEOPLE in a statement.

The unexploded bomb was found just over a mile from tracks serving France's busy Gare du Nord station, Eurostar reported.

The cascade of transportation woes hit morning rush-hour train services before spreading to the road network, with Paris police closing the A1 highway that feeds into the north of the city, as well as sections of the capital’s always-busy ring road.

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.