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Happens a lot.
It's harder to explore train tunnels in Paris for the same reason:
There has been a gang of copper strippers who hit the live train tunnels and strip them - They can get 25m^3 of copper for each tunnel section.
There are 6 x 750V [but about ~100A] DC lines for the trains - they cut 5 of lines and steal them - the next train that goes through melts / explodes the last cable.
Crazy shit.
Also, when places get abandoned, normally for about a week after, you can't explore them - they're the domain of copper strippers, who are really, really aggressive about their territory. I remember hearing from one that they do 4 - 5 good strip jobs per year and come out w/ a 50 - 60k wage.
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