Watch a Train Run Through Thailand’s Most Dangerous Market
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 3 มิ.ย. 2024
- In Samut Songkhram, about an hour outside Bangkok, is Maeklong Railway Market, one of the largest produce and seafood markets in Thailand. But beyond the selection of fresh fruit and fish, the market has become infamous for one thing-the train that runs directly through it. In 1905, the Maeklong Railway built a commuter train line through the center of the popular market. But rather than move, the vendors adapted to the new conditions, working around the train that passes through eight times a day, seven days a week.
00:00 Intro
00:16 What came first the market or the train?
00:44 How does it all work?
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The engineer must experience 10 heart attacks everyday.
Pretty sure they're used to it
Edit: bye why is everyone mad
They don't care
@@H.EL-Othemany lol true
you mean 8, but I’m sure they don’t think it’s a big deal
@@H.EL-Othemany thank you, kaptain obvious
''I like selling"
"I like buying"
*"I like trains"*
Some one can actually pull off that meme in this market lol
Hello mine turtle!
I was your 200th like :)
@@robertmcbomb7116 201 ha, ruined....
I like rain
Tourists: "let's stand in the way to take pictures"
No joke my mother stood in front of an intersection to do just that when she was on vacation. There was a red light but still it could have turned green at any moment. I still think it may have been the dumbest thing she's ever done. Luckily she made it out safe though.
Some tourists did that and died once. Ok JK all the did was become deaf from the extremely loud horn.
In Arizona, there’s been some cases of Chinese Tourists who’ve died from taking pictures. Maybe they never fully understood how the roads worked? But still, it’ll always be a mystery to me on how that happens.
Lmao 😊
I was there, people did it all the time, the train moves really really slowly, so its not that freaky or dangerous. We got to ride the train in with the day trip we bought and it was awesome. Nothing dangerous or scary about it really.
imagine being on the train and hearing "crunch" as the train moves and not knowing whether it was just a fruit or someone's fucking head
that's so creepy 💀
Why tf you said that 💀💀🚪🏃♀️
Imagine if you saw someone get crushed right infront of your eyes-
In truth, you wouldn't hear a thing on that track. The train runs quick and heavy, and it overpowers anything thats on the track.
@@VanitasRue Not all the time, we see here that it's sometimes slowed down.
The new subway surfers map looks good
Haha
😂😂😂
hard af
Subway Surfer Executed in Thailand event
😂😂😂
I mean who woke up one day and decided. we are going put up a railway and run it through a busy market. I can't grasp on the thought process.
We also have several here in the PH. There’s one in Candelaria Quezon Province. It even made news when one stall got hit. The train schedule here is irregular and can go several months without it so the vendors are not as alert.
@@sonnyathens519 yeah I know that place. Which came first the market or the track? I'm not familiar with the story behind it.
@@mjgaudier8999 the market
@@sonnyathens519 I didn’t realize that this PH stands for the Philippines and not, you know, _that website_
@Evil Pimp I wouldn't move if that's the only land and business I own. Some places doesn't compensate enough for new owners to even afford to rent a land.
Imagine being the jerk who forced a train track in an active market.
Probably price to mess with it Thailand in 1900 was poor so they either had to send it through the market or completely scrap it
You could also say that the government was nice and let the market stay.. here in the US, and probably many countries, train would also win, but market would have to move.
Hey at least they probably get more customers
@@jakeg3126 and the market should move. I’m sorry but having a market like that is 1, Dangerous for guest and yourself, 2 inefficient because the train would have to go slow as to not hit anyone and 3 it may cause food to get dirty because a train moving around can bring up a dust.
@@supergamergrill7734 I don't know why i'm defending market, but I don't know if they have anywhere to go. Despite fact of they are used to it, you also got your cost/benefit analysis; no one is forcing anyone to shop there or work there, those vendors can move and people don't have to shop there. is you life worth more than the cost of saving time/money going or being there.. for your #2 Does the train actually slow down? it doesn't say it.
I love how one person had so many baskets of fruit that they just left one right in the middle of the tracks
There was a sale on applesauce after the train passed...
I think the gap under the train is tall enough for the basket to stay intact. Actually, I’ve even heard a jackass advice on “what to do if you’re suddenly in front of moving train” - to lay down as flat as possible so that the train goes above you without impact. Wouldn’t ever try this myself though.
@@jeremiahsmith916 lets hope none of us are ever in that situation where that's that's best bet thinking about it unless your a small child that probably won't work
Soda King yeah, praying that day never comes, the thought is way too terrifying.
Soda King I’ve seen a news report where a grown man did that in the US. He just got up and walked away once it passed. But still it is probably better to try and be careful and get off the tracks.
*Train conductor accidentally sets the train to full speed*
AJ LaBue
Everyone:
*Chuckles*
I’m in danger
@AK 47 , the market was there before the train line was built so the traders are not squatters!
@@kyekyeeminah8734 are you an idiot i don't think the market was there first the railways were there first
This comment made me laugh so fucking hard.lol
@@benconway9010 market exists and then railway line came inside
"Hello, would you like to buy some oranges?"
"No, thanks."
"Ok..." *push*
You need more likes like oooooooooooo
FATALITY
😅😆😂
You're wasting the oranges
Yo mama said it needs to be *pulled* and if anyone knows how to pull a train, its her *snap* *snap*
The term “accident waiting to happen” takes on a whole new meaning.
Considering the train's been there since 1905, I doubt it.
I’m honestly impressed at how organized this is. It seems that everyone I’m around would somehow mess this up lol
Only in the U.S. 😆
See train = move.
Pretty hard to mess up lol
@MUSCULAR GUIDO 25, it just seems like a pretty simple concept
@@JamesBond-xx1lv pretty sure they’re talking about the moving of baskets, the umbrellas, and stuff too. Like what if your umbrella suddenly gets stuck and you can’t get it out? Or you drop a basket of apples.
😂
Crowded Market: Exists
Train Railway: It's free real estate
AsianNinjaNation lmao 😂
More than lime thailand : *exists*
Actually...
RAILWAY: *exists*
Crowded market: It's free real estate!
Zalmo Big Guy nah the market was there before the train
@@combatantezoteric2965 yea, no
imagine if none of the alarms went off and it crashed through the market
Disaster waiting to happen
Maybe... But of course it is never gonna happen... It got to run through some station and densely populated areas before reaching the market tho, there will always be an eyes out there in case anything gone wrong.
Also if you look at the video, the train seems to be moving at a speed of around 10 km/h so the driver can most likely clearly see the awnings and objects in the way a long way before it is too late to brake.
Well mind you, if it's just a fruit basket or some awning the driver doesn't seem to care much 😂 I've read that there's lot of accident which train dragged a fruit basket or some stuff. But not a human, thought
Dude, the driver isn't blind.
Tourist : Buys fruit.
Credit card : Declines
Fruit seller : Pushes them towards the train
Fruit seller: Sells the organs
@@ObnoxiousIrony_ the guys gotta pay his rent somehow
Jokes aside, They don't have a Credit Card Reader
Bruh Alex k. Came up with that three years before you
Seller: Ok that's 10$
Buyer: ok give me a sec-
Give me 3 minutes
that is 300 baht sir
ภูมิยศ ชีพประกิต do you think he knows what Thai Baht is?
@@Tuna_Tanu bruh that’s just the converted value
Down by the market, early in the morning, lots of fruit and veg stalls all in a row, see the engine driver pull the little handle... fruit fruit fruit and off, we, go!
I've been here and to be honest, the merchants were so chill.
It's just like a regular market till the alarm sounds
I think you're confusing "chill" with "complacent"
@@riffcaster nope. I think "chill" is the correct word to use here.
I mean, if I were a merchant who has been there for years or even months, at some point I'll get used to it
I’m here in Thailand for a few months and did not know about that when I was nearby and now I’m in a different part of the country and hoping to go back to see it before I have to leave again
1:33 when fruits just are done with life and become suicidal
Ur so funny
But God said no
HAHAHAHHSHDH I CAN'T
Talk about tom and jerry
i love percabeth percy jackson and annabeth They will get isekaie'd eventually
0:34 His fruit killing skills are remarkable
"Remember, switching to your pistol's always faster than reloading"
"Bullets penetrate thin, weak materials like wood, plaster, and sheet metal."
" Captain Price wants to see you"
His
He is the Sensei of Fruit Ninja
1:32 "This system has been perfected over the years"
*A Bucket Of Apples Left on the Train Tracks* Lmao
Edit: Those were oranges lmao
Observation 💯
It'll just go under it without getting hit
Its lime lol
Those fruit is gonna get some ashes...
@@LazyAndFabulous that’s why they recommended you to clean it before eat every time
This system has been perfected over the years
1:32 Saw a basket of fruit in the middle of the rail*
Its on purpose, they are trying to make orange juice
Shiro よりとも the train probably has enough clearance underneath to pass over the fruits
A little diesel, grease, and maybe a drop or two of pee and poo. Yum. 😝
Dilapidated Castillo 😂😂😂
よりともShiro has
0:33 anyone notice the stack of fruit get knocked down?
DaTRI3E ty
DaTRI3E me
YeH like 3 lemonsor whatever
Ik i did i was like oof
Me
"Okay what would be the worst place to set up shop?"
"I know just the place"
set up a fucking train track*
The market came 1st
"my friend"
Crowded Market: **Exists**
Train: *”Is for me?”*
Hello "i just randomly got this recommended to me." Gang
That
Doesn’t
Make
Sense
This is irresponsible
1:33 Me: *OH NO THE ORANGES*
Niky in a corner
Orange you glad they didn't get squished? ;)
😂😂😂
Niky in a corner, green oranges? Haha!
They look like gr÷n apples
1:31 "This system has been perfected" **lemon basket continues to be ran over**
0:55 "The train is coming, are you going move away to the sides and avoid getting hit by the train?"
"Yes"
*ACTUALLY GETS ON THE TRACKS AND TAKE PICTURES LIKE A BOSS*
It's unbelievable how stupid, racist, uncaring and harsh people can be. I have been living in Thailand my whole life and believe me when I say that some foreigners who come here--not all--sure seem to have problems and behave like they are superior than us. It is disgusting. I was walking in the streets in my school uniforms and they walk up to me in daylight, asking me "how much?" When I tell them that I don't sell my body, they laugh at my face. Then there's this one time I set a store selling chickens with my friends, some rude foreigners come and eat the chickens without paying. When we demand the payment, they spit the chicken to the ground. I still remember their expressions very clearly. They were ugly. They laughed too and said that what else do we sell? I mean, we were wearing school uniforms. I am still angry at that.
I didn't mean to say that all of the foreigners are like that. Many are nice, but yeah, my point is that, don't think you are superior than us just because you are not born here. Just because you come here for holidays doesn't mean you can belittle our lives. It reflects how little your brain is.
Just read what I wrote and ask yourself if it looks ugly. If it is, don't do it. Don't be like that. I know we all are capable of being nice to each other. I don't want you to bow to us or anything, I just want you to respect our lifestyle and the people who are different than you a little bit.
Unfortunate :(
very very well said, and I couldn't agree more! 👍 love from Malaysia, one Southeast Asian country to another 💕
Thats wild west shit
OhmyEffing Blackpink So how much?
OhmyEffing Blackpink hello from NYC. don’t mind these keyboard warriors. I know those types. Including those who act like tough guys in foreign countries. Case in point, I see it on the subway when I go into the city all the time. Meek little lemmings alone but when they are with their friends they find their muscles.
Btw You speak great English for a Thai native
*insert Bear Grylls meme here*
"Improvise, adapt, overcome"
Aswawarman Dude you made me laugh for 5 minutes straight
*Great video. Thanks for Sharing. Love from Vietnam*
It’s weird that this didn’t get any replies
@@stevencat8396 why did you reply but not like it i had to like it first ):
HotSprinkles I did like it
I have a question, do the trees speak Vietnamese where you live?
@@drabberfrog Saigon, Vietnam.
Train aside, am I the only clumsy one thinking that I would trip over the railroad tracks just trying to walk!?
I do that all the time lol
0:35 i felt bad for the fruit
That nane
Nothing happened to the fruit. It was just pushed.
1:32
We all eat this fruit
Do your contry eat a banana that have a money inside
1:33 *fruits attempted suicide*
LMAO
Fruit juice
S q u i s h
Or protestors who wanted to end railways. “Out of our market! We don’t want you here!”
It kinda reminds me of Tiananmen square the apples as the protestors and the train as the tank.
The cooperation is astaunding. Also, the rail itself seems quite clean.
Regardless of possible bad city management, this is quite a feat.
Me: I'm bored right now.
TH-cam: Hey, want to watch train passing through the market?
Me: Sure.
I’ve lived in Thailand for 15 years and I didn’t even know this was a thing! 😂
Pevonis bet you also don't know there're a lot of ladyboys there prettier than most American hoes
lol
@@yudi577 I'm dead 😂
@@Pepniti You probably lived in the other side of Thailand like Hatyai or Bangkok
@@yudi577 Ayyyyyy lol
If i was the conductor i would do the royal wave as ppl whip out their phones 😂😂
And pee on them
Lol
Back in the day we used to whip out something else.
@@kamikuru5398 Ah, what a way to assert dominance
When my son was about 11 years old he entered a Jaycee Relay Race. He’d never ran track before and didn’t know everybody wore shorts. He came in jeans, to everyone’s amusement. He ran the last leg for his team - and came away the fastest runner of the day, and made up considerable distance to win. This video made me think of that day. How I wish I had been able to see it, instead of only hear and read about it. I was a single mom and had to work. My son was an amazing athlete. ❤️
Where there’s a will, there’s a way! This is beautiful 👏🏾👏🏾🙏🏾
people:*takes photos/
Trian: am I a joke to you
TrIaN
MR.GINGER its called railfanning
If you're gonna make a lame ass joke at least write "Train" correctly
Train
Trian : *exist
Train : " am i a joke to you?"
Do this in japan...
Near the japanese bullet train...
...then oof.
Tho whole market would fly away with the train
Got 3 seconds to pull everything up😂😂
10 SECONDS HIDE EVERYTHING
Micheal Thatcher 1 second to pack
Market woman's brain: *I'M NOT GONNA HOLD THIS ALL DAY NOW COME ON*
1:13
I love quirky stuff like this. GREAT upload.
Indonesia used to have this as well, traditional markets right next to train tracks, but it's been forbidden since about 10 years ago. It's just not safe for sellers and their customers, trains also had to run really slow, making it late to reach its destinations.
wkwkwk
Wkwk land
Jajajaja
Sudah ambil sana sepedanya
You are freakin everywhere!
0:35 rip lime
Saltiest Salted Salty Salt
Mandarin orange or Tangerine, to be precise. ;)
I saw it it was really wierd
It survived. Just fell.
Pedro Coelho DID YOU ASSUME ITS GENDER?
This is really amazing!
This is actually really cool i love how they adapted to it
Have they heard of two things called a tunnel or a bridge?
It was cheaper to do this
whats a tunnel or a bridge??? such strange words and such a strange idea ive never seen before
Yeah but not every country is rich like yours
Lumian
Probably not
The ignorance on this comment is unreal.
Pause it at 0:34 then play it, you'll see the train *hit those green limes there on the right side*
Voltz lmao how did you see that
lol good eye. Careless vendor. Luckily not doing damage to the train or tracks.
That not limes. Is orange.
@@Dbeats62 how did you not see it
Same
Good job. I'm quite impressed by your delivery.
Those folks are very well trained. Cheers!
"Dangerous, but good for Tourism. "
:)
MY CABBAGES!!!!!!!!
Avatar 😍😍😍
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Last Airbender 🤣
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Everyone of the sellers in this market are amazing for how fast they can just clean everything out of the railways path! I would honestly love to go through the market one day.
Me too!
On a train?
After watching this theres always something stuck in my heart
imangine the sound pollution
first world problems
could I get a uhhhhhhh-
*T R A I N H O R N*
JeefCake I don't think you understand what a first world problem is like at all
Your spelling is a pollution
That’s the last thing we have to worry about
*we need a video game based on this and hide everything as fast as you can.*
We will miss you GBS! You have always brought us fresh content
That is wild. I love seeing how other cultures work; how the people live. Fun.
I imagine they thought the people would move when they put the train up, but the people said fuck you and refused to move. The result is with both parties winning in the end. Now it's a tourist spot that earns everyone a shit ton of money.
agreed
They dont say fuck you ,you say it
Soda Soda lol
It's a contest in stupidity. A national sport in 3rd world countries.
@@ChessJourneyman drunk guy
1:33 Looks like someone forgot to take their fruits of the track
AK 47 dude if a massive train was going through a fucking market, I would be praying
The train only leaves until it’s offered a worthy sacrifice of fruits.
We miss you Great Big Story!!
I've never known about this but now it's on my bucket list... it must be an experience for sure!
When u been playing Cities Skylines all night, u too tired to use the stupid buldozer tool so u build the railway through the lots.
I see myself in this
I feel like I'm being personally called out
Road Anarchy mod: enabled
Clorox The cat
loooool
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I went there !! It was too cool!! I went there this summer and the train was super close when it came by !
same
bluuegummybear lucky!
I WENT THERE I WENT
Ryan Li same, it was so cool
Nobody cares of your sad life
“I’m feeling deadly today” accelerates train*
Like it very much .Hope there more to come.
"Okay, that will cost you--" *alarm sounds* "MOVE!"
*Runs away with my goods*
City Development planning fail
Kahlil Hernández why failed when it become tourist attraction? 😑
I'm sure they would've banned this if this wasn't such a tourist attraction.
whatcha say? They didn't expected it to be a tourist attraction and even Thai people considers it an eye sore. But these westerners made it to be one because "it's a market beside a train track" and we don't have that in murica so we go there and take pictures.
It's just literally a dirty, hot, smelly market beside a fucking deadly and loud train track. It's a sign of poor urban planning but westerners still find it as an "attraction".
*feels slightly offended*
Still a tourist attraction anyways, what can we do 'bout it? Demolish it = Less tourists = less income.
Hampas ni Bathala then how about you go there and fix it.
Smartass.
I went to visit the famous market! It was truly an experience to remember. The train goes really slow when it arrives.
In the market they sell various of exotic vegetables that you couldn't get in Europe. So my mother bought as much as she can hehe!
There is something so cool about this. So unique. They made it work!
*MY CABBAGES!!!*
Neulei OMG YES
Neulei is that an avatar reference?
Avatar
I like these “only in asia“things
Pppppkfc Ch be do mo widest gf from gf as well
สวัสดี
Might aswell saying that i loved the facts about Americans using schools as a shooting range.
Your name says so
Yeah i like only in america things as well. The kardashian fan following, flat earth society and shooting schools and blacks lmfaoo
Thats dedication right there
Whoa! I've never seen anything like this before in my life 😳
Hello from Thailand, I think it is something that attracts tourists from abroad. It is interesting that there is no place there before and is unique to that area and although it is dangerous but it is the favorite of the Tourist. But I think it's too dangerous And I think it is a bad market Take your life to risk the train Regardless of danger, Thailand also has a beautiful sea in Pattaya, with many shopping areas.
I loved the sea in Pattaya! Very relaxing.
@@anneleonghaseyo - Yes i think the same to you But I think the beaches in Pattaya have Jomtien Beach with a more beautiful sea.
I like his him คนไทยคราาาาฟ
@@liilyy.p คนไทยแฝงตัวมา 555 😁😁
เชร้ด สุดยอดไปเลย
*Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Do you known 'Train Street in Ha Noi', Vietnam?*
No but sounds cool
E
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I am vietnam but i havent been yo ha noi cause i live in An Giang
I wanted this video to be longer!👏🏾
There's a bigger story here! Can we revisit??
That's dedication for you right there
0:33 In the middle of the screen, you can see the train touch the fruit
ITS AMAZING ... At the same time .. where is hygiene ? .. We saw that food was actually getting under the train , passing all dirt from train's underhood on the fruit.
TechFreak51
People know how to wash the fruits before consuming.
TechFreak51 basic science!
TechFreak51 so you eat oranges without washing them and with the skin?
TechFreak51
1. They wash it
2. They peel it
3. If it’s that dirty, they don’t sell it
It gives them a robust immune system? And... minerals? 😉
I went there last year before COVID-19 and it was really cool!
even in my country, it is forbidden to stand 2-3 meters between the railroad tracks. except at the station. greetings from Indonesia
After living in Thailand for many years as a foreigner... I just hate all about this "issue" with NOT making a safe and workable solution for a real problem... This is not strange in Thailand - this is just how Thailand works.
Ty Cetto India too, most South Asian countries as a matter of fact. They don't whine, they just adapt to whatever they have and run along with it.
Why need to solve the problem when the problem makes benefits to the locals? Btw the red line underground electric commuter rail will replace this commuter rail line soon
I am Thai and actually bored of such ‘issue’ too TBH.
Hey there,I’m a half-Thai half-American
Even my neighbors are interested in this market.We sure love the place.
Ty Cetto don't judge it been like that for a long time now
They have balls.
Waffle Nation ha! never gets old 😂
Mystkal Diamond you have no ball
BIG PLASTIC BALLS( ͡°╭͜ʖ╮͡° )
I'm laughing because no people who are there actually whine and preach. Look at them. They have been there for a longggg time.
That is terrifying but loving the dedication they have!
Sadly stupid things also need dedication. Why not just move the market a few meters away to save stress on both the marketers and the poor conductor?
This honestly looks really cool
It was a really interesting market. I wouldn't say its dangerous, simply because the train moves very slow.
Jonathan Liang You do realise that even when going like 10km/h trains still take quite the distance to get to a full stop, right? And a train is still really heavy machinery, so if you get under it and the driver can't see you you're screwed...
Second issue is what if there was emergency and the train can't slow down. You might have less than a minute to do anything, but again who knows.
Good thing is the passengers can try to buy some prawns or something on their way.
From the video at least , there are policemen to get people off the tracks
It's not about speed, it's about momentum
If somebody gets caught under the wheels, they're probably dead.
omfg
that is the most shittiest urban planning i have ever seen
next thing you know, they put an airport right in the middle of manhattan
Lmao "the most shittiest"
Thanksfrom Thailand......... Great....JUST GREAT
that is what Hong Kong used to have right? lol
The thing is, it’s not urban, that’s why it’s great
Whet do you mean? I’ve seen planes land right near the manhattan coast in the early 2000s
This reminds me of the time I put rail tracks throught markets in Forager. It was fun
A week ago, this video only had 350k views.
TH-cam recommendations is going nuts again.
why would they build tracks through a known market? O_o
SuperPhoenixDragon to shorten the distance, to reduce cost or that's what the city planned all along
You mean before, right?
average everyday people, you contradict what the video said at 0:35. so who's right?
The market was there first. The train came in 1905.
This is called _Laissez Faire Capitalism._ It is a beautiful thing.
average everyday people pretty sure the market came before the tracks, which is why I'm confused about why they decided to but tracks in a known popular market where there's definitely people running around in
The food look very hygienic. I could see a basket of tangerines between the track. Fruits and vegetables lay on the floor cover in dust.
Please wash before cooking.
Great! I would love to go and visit there one day.
That's amazing!
the alarm is kind of like a 3 minute timer on every game ever, when there's seconds remaining everything goes from ambient to full chaotic
3 minutes???? XD not even Five?? lol. those people don't like to waste time...
@@bruh_3139 he mean 3 minutes to train come..not the video length duh..
They could finish in three minutes.
@@bruh_3139 what an insult
The vdo is 2min but the market gives 3min so what are you going to say.
กัญจน์ณิชา จิตต์อารีมิตร wow คนไทย
It's things like this that make me want to travel the world.