THE LAST M4 SMOKE TEST BEGINS AT KELENFÖLD RAILWAY STATION ON TUESDAY

The progress of the fit-out works on the M4 Project has enabled the contractor to start smoke tests as of 10 September at Kelenföld Railway Station, which 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 on 10, 11 and 12 September, 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 Kelenföld Railway 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

Photo by Szabolcs Pető