
Inside the Morchit Subway Station
March 14, 2001
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Looking down into the station construction
- Materials are lowered into the site through this shaft.
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Temporary stairs into the construction site
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Elevator shaft under construction - Eventually
there will be 69 elevators and 346 escalators in the entire subway line.
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The subway will run along this trough. This
station is gigantic--but the Rama 9 Station is even bigger.
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Part of the mockup of the station decor -
Each station will have a color band to identify it. Morchit Station will
be green since it is under Chatuchak Park. Two stations will have special
decor. See here for details.
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Huge pipes supply fresh air into the site.
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Equipment is lowered by crane to the bottom
level of the construction site.
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Under the subway platform
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What I came to see... the tunnels stretching
off into infinity.
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Closeup of the one of the tunnel panels -
Bolts link the panels and the pressure of the earth presses the whole
structure together.
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The Omega Ring - This ring attaches the tunnels
to the stations and allows for differential settlement between the two
structures up to 10 cm.
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The south end of Morchit station - Workers
get supplies from above and the yellow tube on the left supplies fresh
air.
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Inside a tunnel looking out into the station
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Construction of stairs to the lower level
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Workers take a break in front of an air delivery
shaft. It's very hot down there!
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In one dark side of the station is the pedestrian
tunnel that leads to the opposite side of Phahonyohtin Road. This connects
the Morchit Subway Station to the Skytrain Station.
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A final look down the tunnel
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Looking up the subway station stairs
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Subway station stairs from ground level
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Subway entrance with the elevated Morchit
Skytrain Station in the background
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Display at MRTA headquarters showing the
composition of the ground at different levels
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Quitting time at the Morchit site
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