Why are subway/metro stations sometimes really windy?

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Especially on the escalators that go down? My guess is that it’s something about different air temperatures but really don’t know

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Trains push the air ahead of them through the tunnels. When the conditions are right (like when two trains are approaching the station from both sides at the same time) that air gets out through the escalator shafts to the outside because it doesn’t have anywhere else to go.

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