During strong thunderstorms, metro stations are sometimes flooded, water infiltrating torrents in metro mouths. But do you know how this water is evacuated?
The power of storms can be impressive, we see it regularly in videos when torrential rains fall on the city of Paris and in particular in metro mouthswho quickly become flooded. Of the liters of water Pour in the entrances to the stations in a few minutes in the streets of the capital, and come to impact their operation, often forcing the RATP to close their doors temporarily.
If the images are often striking, the water is however quickly evacuated And the stations reopened in a few hours, despite the fact that the stations are deeply buried underground. How the evacuation system therefore works RATP? When strong water flows pour into the corridors of the stations, omnipresent channels channeled them to direct them to The lowest points of the stationwhere there are pits.
Of the Very powerful pumps are there. They make it possible to empty the pit and to pour the water directly into the Seine or in the sewers. The pumps are made to be able to evacuate several hundred liters of water in just a few minutes. It is therefore unlikely that the metro really overflows with rainwater one day!
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