As a preventive measure to minimize the entry of rainwater and/or river water, protective barriers were installed at certain accesses to stations considered most critical, while the remaining accesses to the same stations remained operational, the company said in a statement.
Other measures adopted focused on changes to the usual train parking locations, increasing the availability of pumping resources and permanent monitoring of the pumping system installed on the Jardim Zoológico/Praça de Espanha section, which was reinforced with the installation of an additional high-flow pump, he detailed.
The Lisbon Metropolitan operates daily with four lines: Yellow (Rato-Odivelas), Green (Telheiras-Cais do Sodré), Blue (Reboleira-Santa Apolónia) and Red (Airport-São Sebastião).
Normally, the metro runs between 06:30 and 01:00.
Fifteen people have died in Portugal since January 28 following the passage of depressions Kristin, Leonardo and Marta, which also caused many hundreds of injuries and displacement.
The total or partial destruction of homes, businesses and equipment, the fall of trees and structures, the closure of roads, schools and transport services, and the cut of energy, water and communications, floods and floods are the main material consequences of the storm.
The Centro, Lisbon and Vale do Tejo and Alentejo regions are the most affected.
The Government extended the calamity situation until the 15th for 68 municipalities and announced support measures of up to 2.5 billion euros.
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