The incessant rain that fell on Madrid this Wednesday afternoon has caused difficulties with multiple streets and access roads to the capital, as well as public transport. Half a dozen subway lines had to serve and some stations were completely submerged.
Fire crews affiliated with the Madrid City Council carried out 38 interventions related to the rain until eight o’clock in the afternoon. puddles, minor accidents and damage to buildingsMadrid According to the balance of the emergency response.
throughout the region, Emergency Situations Community of Madrid 112 managed a total of 323 incidents by 19:30. related to roadway embalming, garage flooding, traffic disturbances, structural damage to homes, and removal of fallen trees.
The torrential downpour had a special effect on the Metro: Lines 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 11 were affected and service was restored only on lines 6 and 7.
Metro service sources reported to EFE that two-way circulation was cut off on line 4, which was cut between Lista and Goya stops.
Convoys between Las Rosas and La Elipa stations do not operate on line 2, although they stop at Quevedo and Banco de España. It was this last station, located on Calle de Alcalá, where heavy rain poured into the lobby. As various videos taken by citizens and circulating on social networks show, it is completely submerged, as the water is seen flowing down the entrance stairs like a waterfall and turning the inside into a swimming pool.
The water has left five stops on line 5 between Pirámides and Vista Alegre without service, and the metro on line 11 does not stop between La Peseta and La Fortuna.
Cercanías service was also spared and train service between Atocha and Chamartín was interrupted. from the sun tunnel
Several tunnels in the capital flooded, as did Bailén street. and many streets in Madrid were completely flooded by the downpour.
Multiple vehicle damage due to puddles and some accidents hampered afternoon traffic on the capital’s streets and access roads to Madrid, causing delays and congestion on main roads.