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

The fit-out of the station at Kálvin tér on Metroline M4 will soon be completed, and thus a three-day smoke test will be put up by the contractor as of Tuesday, 21 May 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 between 21 and 23 May, i.e. on this Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday. 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 Kálvin 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.

21 May 2013

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