Train Evacuated Due To Bomb Threat At Bucharest’s Northern Railway Station

A bomb threat Saturday evening triggered the evacuation of an international train at Bucharest’s Northern Railway Station, the spokesperson of the passenger division of Romania’s railroad company CFR Calatori, Oana Branzan, told MEDIAFAX Saturday.

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Branzan said railroad transport police checked the cars for any explosive device but nothing was found and passengers were allowed to get on the international train heading for Budapest.

Branzan said the train left the station at 8.27 p.m., with a 37-minute delay.

Liberal Ludovic Orban, who was on the train, told MEDIAFAX the train should have left the station at 7.50 p.m., adding bomb disposal patrols announced the train must be checked due to a bomb threat and passengers were evacuated.

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