Progress PhotosMarch 2007

Construction Progress

Park Station

Portal Shaft Excavation16 March 2007

View towards South16 March 2007

General views of construction activities

Construction Progress

Rosebank

General views of construction site,

road diversion and pedestrian footbridge

spanning Oxford Road and station site

View towards South16 March 2007

View towards North16 March 2007

View towards South16 March 2007

Construction Progress

Rosebank

Batch Plant16 March 2007

Wheel Wash Pit16 March 2007

Site establishment is ongoing

Construction Progress

Shaft E5

Looking upfrom Platform20 March 2007

Looking down from Platform20 March 2007

Shaft depth 24 metres at 20 March 2007

Construction Progress

Sandton Station

Demolition of Old Taxi Rank20 March 2007

New Taxi Rank20 March 2007

Taxis were relocated to new rank on 9 March 2007

Official opening took place on 15 March 2007

Demolition of old taxi rank commenced on 12 March

2007

Construction Progress

Sandton Station

Diaphragm wall construction4 D-Wall panels concreted on 16 March 2007

Completed Panels20 March 2007

Cutter Excavationat North Shaft20 March 2007

Construction Progress

Mushroom Farm Park

Blast Preparation19 March 2007

Mucking Out20 March 2007Blast Protection Grids

19 March 2007

Shaft depth 15 metres at 20 March 2007

Construction Progress

Marlboro PortalThird set of canopy

tubes installed

Arch ribs visible in preceding sections

29 metres of tunnel excavated by 23 March

2007

View from Portal20 March 2007

Santa Barbara20 March 2007

Construction Progress

Marlboro ViaductsView towards South showing Marlboro Station

site in foreground, Viaducts 1a and 11 in centre and clearing of alignment towards Marlboro

Portal behind

Piling (4 piles as at 23 March 2007) and foundations in progress

View towards South22 March 2007

Piling at Viaduct 1122 March 2007

Foundations V11 and V1a22 March 2007

Construction Progress

Area 2Marlboro to Depot Section

View towards Depot19 March 2007

View towards East(behind Linbro)

19 March 2007

View from Landfill19 March 2007

Clearing and grubbing, topsoil stripped, and earthworks in progress

from Linbro Junction to Depot

Construction Progress

Depot

Train Depot Earthworks Platform

20 March 2007

Bus Depot Admin Building

20 March 2007

Bulk earthworks to both Train and Bus Depot areas is complete

Construction Progress

DepotPrecast Yard

Construction of M-Beam casting beds

M-Beam Pits20 March 2007

M-Beam Soffits20 March 2007

M-Beam Pit Walls20 March 2007

Construction Progress

Viaduct 13

First lift of Pier 8 being backfilled

Shutter erected for first lift of Pier 7 on the

opposite side of Centenary Way

Construction Progress

OR Tambo Station

The station concourse shell is

being constructed by ACSA above the

new elevated drop-off road

CJV site establishment at

ORT will commence at the end of March

Station Concourse Shell22 March 2007