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Early Bangkok Subway Photos
May, 1999-December, 2000
Subway Entrances Under Construction
December, 2000
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Two views of the subway entrances at the Ladphrao Station.
Jatujak
Subway Station
November, 2000
(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
Left - Northeast corner of Kamphaengphet Road
and Kamphaengphet 2 Road - massive construction site of the main
part of Jatujak Station
Right - Northwest corner of Kamphaengphet Road and Kamphaengphet
2 Road - corner of Jatujak Station with Jatujak Market in the background
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Construction
Work on Ratchadapisek Road
June, 2000
(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
In the foreground is Ratchadapiesek Road.
Behind it is the subway service spur that leads to the depot.
Phoebus Disco is the domed building to the right.
(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
Construction continues along Ratchadapiesek Road.
Dirt is hauled out of holes and in the background stacks of tunnel sections
wait to be installed.
(Photo: 2Bangkok.com)
Dirt is moved from a pit to a removal area.
MRTA publicity photos
Courtesy MRTA
Tunnel under Ratchadapisek Road. Note the concrete sections that make
up the walls.
Concrete sections for the tunnel wall.
Four stories below street level in a station under construction.
Left - Closeup of the tunnel boring
machine
Right - The massive digger blade ready to be attached
 
Left - Rolling cranes on Ratchadapisek Road that can be maneuvered
to lower and raise materials from the excavation site below the road.
Massive cranes and steel supports are being installed round the clock.
Right - Something being lowered into one of the holes. The bus
is riding across a metal bridge that covers the underground work site.
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