PARIS- A police operation is underway at the Part-Dieu railway station in Lyon, France, local police said on Thursday, adding that one person had been arrested and that the station had been evacuated.

Police added a bomb disposal team was present on the premises, with checks being made and a security cordon in place.

(Reporting by Sudip Kar-Gupta; Writing Benoit Van Overstraeten; Editing by GV De Clercq) ((benoit.vanoverstraeten@thomsonreuters.com; +33149495339;))