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Sol resumes service after passing safety checks
Sol is once again open to passengers after being closed due to high ammonia levels. The three lines that meet at the station resumed service at 23:00. The closure had begun at 12:15 this Friday. Tests confirmed that the necessary safety and health conditions had been restored.
Urine and excrement had built up in the ventilation shafts at Sol, raising ammonia levels. There was also other organic waste, linked to the housing camp at Puerta del Sol. The closure affected the three lines that meet at the station.
Metro de Madrid reopened Sol at 23:00, after tests confirmed that the necessary safety and health conditions had been restored.
The station had closed at 12:15 this Friday. The president of the Comunidad de Madrid, Isabel Díaz Ayuso, announced the measure and attributed it to a request from occupational risk prevention and the unions. CC.OO. and UGT later distanced themselves. Solidaridad Obrera also stated that it had not requested the closure.
Sol brings together three Metro lines in a single station. This time, the focus was on its ventilation shafts. Metro linked the ammonia levels to organic waste accumulated by the housing camp at Puerta del Sol. The company reported that tests confirmed the restoration of safety and health conditions.