Another evacuation. The Saint-Lazare train station shopping center in Paris had to be evacuated this Monday morning. “Access to Paris Saint-Lazare station is closed due to a suspicious package,” explains SNCF on X (formerly Twitter). “The police carried out a verification intervention in the commercial area of Saint-Lazare station. There was no impact on rail traffic,” indicates the SNCF.
Access to the station reopened at 12:10 p.m.
⚠️ #TrafficInfo #LineL :
Currently, access to Paris Saint Lazare station is closed due to a suspicious package.
A security perimeter has been set up, only accesses 1 and 27 are open to travelers.
We are awaiting additional information. Melissa
— Ligne L (@LIGNEL_sncf) November 6, 2023
This evacuation comes as France has been placed in “emergency attack”, the highest level of the Vigipirate system of vigilance and protection, after the assassination of a teacher in a high school in Arras, in October. .
Many airports, but also high schools and monuments have been evacuated as a precaution in recent weeks after bomb threats.
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