SMOKE TESTS BEGIN ON TUESDAY AT THE RÁKÓCZI TÉR STATION OF METROLINE M4

The fit-out of the station at Rákóczi tér on Metroline M4 will soon be completed, and thus a three-day smoke test will be put up by the contractor as of 16 April 2013. The smoke test involves the emission of a large quantity, c. 20 cubic metres, of white, non-toxic gas, i.e. one non-detrimental to health, starting from platform level and reaching up to the surface.

Prescribed by the authorities, the tests lasting three days will be so-called cold-smoke tests, conducted by fit-out contractor Swietelsky Magyarország Kft. and involving the fire brigade as the competent authority. The simulation of a real fire is part, a condition, of the preparation for the handover of the station, and its aim is to test the heat and smoke deflector system and the operation of the main ventilation.

Apart from posters around Rákóczi tér station, we hereby wish to call the attention of those living or travelling in the area that the smoke to be seen should be of no concern, and need not be reported to the fire brigade, which is participating in the tests as the competent authority anyway.

Budapest Transport Centre (BKK)
BKV Zrt. DBR Metro Project Directorate