People wait on a platform at the Gare du Nord in Paris as the Paris rail link was suspended from and to Gare du Nord, after an accident with a catenary that brought down power lines, on December 7, 2016.
Paris was smothered by its worst winter pollution in a decade, with commuters enjoying free public transport and half of the cars ordered off the road in an effort to clear the air. / AFP / PATRICK KOVARIK (Photo credit should read PATRICK KOVARIK/AFP/Getty Images)
Paris police were just reopening the Gare du Nord train station on the morning of May 9.
They had shut down the station after receiving a warning about a security issue. Everyone was evacuated and the area sealed off.
Police would not explain the nature of the alert.
More than 230 French people have been killed by terrorists since 2015.
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