THE Madrid Metro Line 7 interrupted its service this Thursday due to flooding caused by heavy rains affecting a large part of the Iberian Peninsula. The accumulation of water in the facilities forced Metro to close the line leaving the station. Cartagena until from the Metropolitan stadium, as reported by the company itself on its social networks. The outages occurred around 6:30 p.m. and resumed around 8:00 p.m., two hours later.
The interruption of the service has particularly affected the arrival at the Metropolitano, where Atlético de Madrid begins this Tuesday evening at Champions League against him Leipzig. The match starts at 9:00 p.m. and the cutoff double 7 forced thousands of fans to look for a transport solution, as it is the only line of Metro who arrives at the stadium. The fans themselves proposed possible solutions to those who had no alternative to get to the Metropolitano. One of them, arriving at the station Las Rosas and keep walking.
Madrid Metro reported on its social networks almost two hours after the resumption of service on the line. The service also reported the closure of the central station of Móstoles, also affected by the rains and belonging to line 12. Trains have not stopped at this station for more than half an hour, but the incident has now been resolved.
The rains that have hit Madrid and the entire peninsula since Thursday morning have also caused road closures and the closure of Cercanías stations. The rain fell with particular intensity for 10 minutes in the middle of the afternoon, causing a large pool of water on Paseo de la Castellana, one of the capital’s main thoroughfares. On Avenida Alfonso XII, garbage containers were seen floating, carried along by the flood.
