Close-up Metro underground station: Huge underground site

Hundreds of meters long corridors, large beams, many areas are continuing to be dug deep . all make a bustling construction site in the heart of Ho Chi Minh City.

As one of the most important items of the metro project No. 1 (Ben Thanh - Suoi Tien), the underground station project at the Opera House (District 1) is being constructed urgently.

This station is 190m long, 26m wide and 40m deep, divided into 4 floors.In addition to welcoming guests, this place will have shops like a commercial center.

Currently many parts here have been roughed so that viewers can basically shape the station in the future.

As planned, the 1st floor includes: lobby, ticket machine, automatic toll gate, toilet and information room for passengers.2nd floor: is the platform .

. 3rd floor includes: rest area and electrical equipment rooms, air conditioners, ventilation pipes, disaster control center .

Around this work, dozens of monitoring devices are installed to record geological changes.According to the report, so far, there have been no significant changes and the indicators are still within the allowable limits.

Steel core of concrete piles in the building.

Many areas are continuing to be deepened.

A worker is examining newly poured concrete piles.

The construction air is very urgent both under and on the project.

Future station perspective.(Photo: Railway project management board).