MRT stations of Singapore

The stations where the 27 year old underground train system, called the MRT (Mass Rapid Transit) are spic and span, and modern. The MRT itself spans the whole of Singapore. 2.755 million commuters ride the MRT daily (2013 statistics) and the the MRT network comprises of 152.9 kilometres (95.0 miles) of route, with 113 stations on standard gauge.

Escalator taking you down into the underground rail network

The steel gates which open once you swipe your ticket.

The broad and clean corridors connecting different platforms.

The platform with neatly marked arrows telling you where to stand. The read arrows are for people who are waiting to get on. The green one marks a path for those who get down from the train.

Your might also like Shanghai Train Station or Inside of a metro or local train or subway
For railway station interiors and exteriors:

Mumbai suburban railway station pictures or London train station, platform and trains or Mumbai Central Railway Station

Airbus A380 of Singapore Airlines

The Airbus A380 is a double-decker aircraft with four-engines. The world's largest passenger airliner, so far it is deemed to be quite safe with no issues.
The airport space it occupies is quite large as can be seen from these pictures and only airports with upgraded facilities can accommodate it.

The A380's upper deck is as long as the entire length of the fuselage and the width is the same as a wide-body aircraft.

The sight of the huge wing is quite awesome.

The large wing of the Airbus A380

You might like Airport Baggage carousel or Closeups of airplanes or Airport tarmac and aircraft on runaway or Aircraft boarding staircase or Airstair with people boarding
For images of the interior of an aircraft and aircraft passengers: Inside of an Aeroplane or inside of an airport: Airport Lounge with people waiting
Or for all the photographs of airports on this blog (including international airports) try the label "Airport"

Inside the Bombay High Court

These are images from inside the High Court of Bombay. Courtrooms are spacious, air-conditioned and seats are comfortable. The rooms have high ceilings as this is a heritage building built in the British era.
The name of the city of Bombay may have changed to Mumbai, but the High Court is still called the Bombay High Court.

In this first image you can see some lawyers sitting on the chairs. The judge is studying some papers on his desk. Courtroom clerks can be seen in the picture.

Courtrooms in the High Court of Bombay now have large screens which detail which case is being heart by which judge and in which court room. A godsend to the lawyers who have several cases being heard in different court rooms.

A corridor outside the court rooms.

A lawyer walking the corridors of the Bombay High Court.

For more images from Bombay check the label Mumbai. Or if you are looking for people in different trades: Occupations.

Mumbai Pune Expressway Traffic Jam

Traffic jams on the Mumbai Pune Expressway are very common. You just never when there will be an accident, particularly in the Ghat section where the roads narrow and large vehicles occupy the right lane. Recently there was a huge jam not because of an accident but an agitation by some Hindu radicals because of facebook posts. An excuse for the unemployed goons to create a nuisance and disturb the life of ordinary and law abiding citizens.

Photographs of vehicles jam packed on the Mumbai Pune Expressway in the Western Ghats, on the way from Pune to Mumbai.

Related Images: Mumbai Nashik Road Pictures or Mumbai Ahmedabad Highway scenes or Toll Plaza on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway
Or Expressway Accident Photographs or Accidents scenes - overturned and smashed vehicles photos

Or for some beautiful scenes: Views from the Mumbai Pune Expressway Ghat section or  Mumbai Pune Expressway

Oil and Gas Rig Bombay High

Bombay High is India's largest offshore oil field. It has several oil and gas rigs in the sea.
This is a picture of one of the oil rigs.

A closer look at the oil and gas rig. As you can see it's much larger than one imagines.

You might also like Petrol Pump images or two-wheelers like scooters and motor bikes filling petrol in India: Two-wheeler rush at petrol pump or Petrol or gas being filled at the petrol pump

Esna Lock Photographs

There is a lock system on the river Nile. The reason for it to make it easy for ships to navigate across a difference in height of the water.  A lock is built with a fixed chamber inside of it and in this fixed chamber the water level can be raised or lowered. It is quite an experience to go through a lock. It is like a lift for a boat or ship! However the chamber itself does not go up and down, just the water level does.
Tourists on the Nile who are traveling by a cruiser have to go through this lock. At times the waiting times can be several hours as there is a queue.

Here is a picture of the approach to the Esna Lock. In the background you can see that the water level of the river on the other side is much higher.

Here is a clearer picture of the difference in water levels, seen as you enter the chamber where the water level can rise and fall. The photograph is taken from the top of the cruise liner.

After the water level is raised the gates on the other side are opened.

And the boat goes through to the other side.

You might also like to see photographs of the magnificent River Nile or the Edfu Temple in Egypt or other photographs from Egypt like Fishing at Esna Lock or Nubian Village of Egypt
Or see all the photos of Egypt including that of important monuments like the Pyramids and other temples.

Cranes Silhouettes

Silhouettes of cranes used in construction. This one is a large crane silhouetted against the background of an under construction building.

A row of cranes next to another another which are being used in the construction of a bridge.

You might also like: Road Construction in India (concrete roads) or Buildings under construction or Road being surfaced with tar or Earth Movers or Flyover construction or pictures of workers at construction sites: Working without protective gear or  Workers taking a break or Women construction workers in India or Stock images of empty or unused pipes
Or all Silhouettes on this website of people and places.

Road being surfaced with tar

These are photographs of roads being tarred with the common material used for it - Asphalt. Also called bitumen, tar is a sticky, black and viscous substance, a derivative of petroleum. This material is used in road construction where its stickiness binds together various other substances to create a hard mixture used for surfacing roads.

Here the workers are spreading the loose tar on the road and the supervisor is shouting instructions.

A worker spreading the loose gravely bits of tar so that it evenly coats the road.

A road roller flatting and pressing down the tar to create a hard, smooth surface.

You might also like to see images of Road Construction in India (concrete roads) or Buildings under construction or Earth Movers
Images of workers at construction sites: Working without protective gear or  Workers taking a break or
Women construction workers in India
Other related images: Images of empty or unused pipes or Laying underground pipes


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The Coronation Bridge in North-East India

Phoographs of the famous Coronation Bridge (or Sevoke Bridge or Iron Bridge) in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India on the River Teesta. It connects the two districts of Darjeeling and Jalpaiguri.
It was built during the British Raj, and named the Coronation Bridge in memory of the commemoration of King George VI in 1937. The bridge was completed in 1941.
The Teesta river currents are strong, and that is why this Teesta river bridge needed the support of a fixed arch. This arch is fixed on both sides on rock layers on the sides of the river.

Another view of the Coronation bridge with the mountains in the background.

You might also like Vidyasagar Setu or the second Hoogly bridge or photos of the old Howrah bridge: Howrah Bridge of Kolkata Photographs and Sketch

For photos of the Mumbai Sealink: Bandra Worli Sea-Link Mumbai photos, sketch, silhouette and painting.


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Views from the Mumbai Pune Expressway Ghat section

These are some spectacular views and sunsets from the Western Ghat section of the Mumbai Pune Expressway.

This is a panormaic image (three photographs combined into one) with the Expressway on the left of the image and the mountains and hills of the western ghats on the right and in the background.

This is a single image giving a panoramic view of a sunset on the mountains of the western ghat. The Mumbai-Pune Expressway is in the foreground and the hills and the sun and the sky in the background.

A picture showing how crowded the Western Ghat becomes and it becomes a little risky at sundown. The road in the ghat section is narrow and vehicles always try to overtake one another. It can be quite treacherous as often larger vehicles drive on the right side blocking other motorists.

A clean image of the western ghats from the Mumbai-Pune Expressway.

A long shot of the winding road through the mountains of the Western Ghats in Western Maharashtra between Mumbai and Pune.

Related Images:  Mumbai Pune Expressway  or Mumbai Nashik Road Pictures or Mumbai Ahmedabad Highway scenes

Or Expressway Accident Photographs  or Accidents scenes - overturned and smashed vehicles photos

or Toll Plaza on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway

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Alpine Railway

This is the train that took us to the Jung Frau summit, popularly called "Top of Europe" in Switzerland. The small train station is at the foot of the Swiss Alps and the train journey to the Jungfraujoch is through the mountains of the Eiger and Mönch. There are two viewing stations on the way from which one can get breathtaking views of the snow-covered Swiss Alps.

Here is the tiny train winding its way across the grassy knolls towards the intimidating Swiss Alps.

A shot taken out of the train window. The train is in the foreground and the snow-covered mountains in the background.

You might also like panoramic views of the Swiss Alps: Photos taken from Jungfrau, a summit in the Swiss Alps or Glaciers on the Swiss Alps
More beautiful scenery from Switzerland: Swiss Alps from the air or Lake Lucerne Photos
Or check out all the photographs on Switzerland including that of people and places.

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Mumbai Pune Expressway

These are photos of the Mumbai Pune Expressway, the official name of which is the Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai Pune Expressway. It is a six-lane concrete highway, just under a 100 kms long and India's first such type of road.

It has a toll which keeps rising every year just like the accidents.

Hardly anyone follows the traffic rules and there are no policemen to be seen. This expressway connect Mumbai, the capital of Maharashtra to Pune, which is a bustling industrial and educational city. Unfortunately most drivers have no idea how to use this beautiful expressway. Their vehicles are ill-maintained and the drivers rash and no rules are followed. Its shocking but trucks and buses have no qualms driving on the right lane. Trucks don't even have tail lights and the policemen don't care.

The pretty dividers do not stop speeding vehicles from crossing over and crashing into the other side.

The expressway going off into the distance and the tunnels are seen at the end of it.

A part of the Mumbai Pune expressway.

This stretch of the Mumbai Pune Expressway is nearer Mumbai.

The route is pretty scenic.

A bridge on the expressway near Lonavala.

For some very beautiful scenes: Views from the Mumbai Pune Expressway Ghat section

Other related images: Mumbai Nashik Road Pictures or Mumbai Ahmedabad Highway scenes or Toll Plaza on the Mumbai-Pune Expressway

Or Expressway Accident Photographs or Accident scenes - overturned and smashed vehicles photos

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Laying underground pipes

Digging up roads to lay pipes is a constant operation on in the cities, whether the roads old or new.
A picture of a deep canal being dug by the side of the road to lay a pipe. A cheerful Macdonalds sign stands in contrast to the dug up roads.

A picture of the same site where the side of the road has been dug up.

Related Images: Road Construction in India or Flyover construction or Water Pipeline in India

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Cochin Airport Pictures

Cochin (in Kerala, India) airport has a unique stamp of its own. Sprawling buildings which look more like a club if it wasn't for the jet bridges (also called aerobridge, air bridge or passenger boarding bridge) sticking out of the main building.

This image is taken from a window of an aircraft and the wing of the plane is in the foreground. The buildings of Cochin airport are in the background against a deep blue clear sky.

A picture of Cochin airport from the outside. Red cobbled roofs and pink facade. A row of cars crawl towards the main entrance of the airport.

A closer look at the airport building and arriving passengers.

A man rolling a trolley towards the main entrance of Cochin airport.

Related Images: Photos of Chennai Airport or Bangalore Airport Pictures or Goa airport pictures or Mumbai Airport
Or Airport Lounge with people waiting or Airport Baggage carousel or Airport Security Checks
Closeups of airplanes or Aircraft boarding staircase or Airstair with people boarding
Or for all the photographs of airports on this blog (including international airports) try the label "Airport"

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Pune city schools

Here are a few snapshots of two premier educational institutions in the city or Pune. The first pictures are of St Mary's School in Pune.

This is a back yard behind the classrooms at St. Mary's.

This is the building on the left, just after you enter the school

A closer look at the classrooms.

These is part of St. Mary's school Pune. Smart and sleek. A new building on the right.

This is St. Joseph's School in Pune which teaches the SSC (state board) curriculum.

You might want to see Mumbai city schools which has photographs of several Mumbai schools like the American school, Jamnabai Narsee School and Reliance International School.
Or check out IIM Ahmedabad Pictures - IIMA or Urban school children in India
Or all the images filed under Education

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