Wolfgang's photos with the keyword: Railway station

Some people shouted us saying "please come again" (Koh pop gan mai!).

Fortunately, there are now several documents by both amateur and professional travelers – each attesting to the reality of the situation in Maeklong. The market is real, the train is real, and the people are real.

When pictures of the Maeklong Market first appeared on the internet there was quite a bit of debate about whether or not the market was real or was the creation of a creative individual well-versed in Photoshop. It seems unreal that a market would operate so close to a railway that containers of fruits and vegetables would actually be passed over by the train as it passes.

Sunroofs already fixed in right position, other vendors have to physically lift their goods back but there was always enough warning sign before so that no one’s goods (or physical self) was harmed.

Rolling containers of fish, fruits, and vegetables are pushed back again into position and business resumes as if nothing had happened.

Immediately the sunroofs are remounted to protect the products (and themselves) fro sunlight.

There are really unique scenes that the local citizen only move away the products for centimeters and remove the same back for centimeters.

A comment out of the mouth from a local citizen: Maeklong is the marketers home and they were there first – the train came along later on. The locals here are merely attempting to survive.

When we left the market we were astounded at how well run it is, especially considering the most recent interruptions caused by your train as it rumbled through.

People laughing and weaving. I was the only western visitor that day, I was an attraction of the day in Maeklong. It make much fun for me to talk with Thai marketers about Thai cuisine and the preparing of Thai meals. My second hobby after photography is cooking Asian and European food. (In the foreground right can see the king of the fruit Durian. I love it but most Western foreigners avoid eating because its strange smell.)

Ticket fee back to Banlaem 20 Baht = 0.50 €.

I like very much in Thailand that the Thai people always know to improvise in every situation.

Our train reached Maeklong 11.15 a.m. and starts to return to Banlaem 11.30 a.m. The last train starts at 16.40 p.m.

Just a few meters are left to enter the hall, the people move away the food stall and the table selling lottery tickets before.

It seems that the train has to wait to pass the road traffic first, but the train comes close very slow and the mopeds cross the rail in last seconds before the train comes and loudly whistle its pipe before.

Last steps at the market to the station which can be seen behind the pickup car.

From this angle of vision the station looks a bit more cheerful.

This station needs to be renewed but its still the starting station for the ride to Maeklong, an one hours trip. The train starts four times a day to Maeklong.