Maeklong Railway Market - Bangkok Train Market

This is a unique and incredible market as many of the vendors have their goods placed directly on the rail tracks, so the action begins a couple of minutes before the train is due to pass through the market. As soon as the siren signals the arrival of the train, everything stops. Shoppers will hop off the tracks, and vendors will quickly pack their goods and prepare to close/retract their awnings from the train track as the train passes by! This process happens fairly quickly since the awning poles have wheels attached. Once the train is gone, its business as usual as if nothing happened and everything is back in place within a few seconds. The market was there long before the railway was built, and the locals didn't want to move the market to a different area so they found a simple solution....live and let live!

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