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Makkasan Depot
Have you ever wondered what is in those old warehouses at Makkasan
Station? Or driven on the expressway inner loop near the Baiyoke
II and wondered what the wooded area was under the expressway?
2Bangkok.com, in cooperation with the ThaiRailFan club, visited
the The Makkasan Depot and State Railway of Thailand (SRT)
Maintenance Center. The peaceful junkyard in the center of the city
is slated to be redeveloped into a transport junction for the Airport
Link Station for the new
airport. The entire maintenance operation will be moved to a
location out of town.
Also: Back in 2003, 2Bangkok.com proposed the area be
Bangkok's new 'Central Park'
Photos:
Part I: The
grounds
Part II: Miscellaneous locomotives
Part III: Garden railway
project trains
Part IV: Repair building 1
Part V: Repair buildings 2 & 3
Part VI: Odds and Ends
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Above is the western end of the SRT Maintenance Center
at Makkasan as seen from Baiyoke II.
1. The foundry
2. The machining building
3. Brake and gas compressor repair building
4. Train repair building - mainly passenger bogies
5. Train repair building - Locomotives and engines
6. Train repair building - Locomotives and parts storage
7. Employee entrance
8. Derelict locomotives line this main road in front
of the repair buildings
9. Makkasan Station
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10. Junkyard for trains beyond repair
11. Garden railway project trains
12. Administration building
13. Spirit house for the site
14. Remains of the on-site mosque--much of which was
removed for the expressway construction
15. Car parking under the expressway
16. Site entrance from Nikon Makkasan Road
17. Brick warehouse visible from Nikon Makkasan Road
(built in 1922) and siding for storage of the Royal coaches
18. Nikon Makkasan Road
19. Ayuthaya
coaches
20. Employee cafeteria (to the left)
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