Why is it so hot in the metro?

Pollak gives a number of reasons for the phenomena: The heat sink effect, where heat is transferred from surfaces like the pavement to immediately cooler areas, like a subway station. Air conditioning. Ironically, the subway system is heated by the energy given off by the A/C that cools the interiors of trains.



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Instead, air is passively released through ceiling grates and circulated when trains blast through the tunnels. (It's impossible to provide air conditioning in stations, because the system wasn't built with space for the machinery, and there are too many openings to the street.)

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