Parmi eux, le Maeklong Railway Market, un marché pas vraiment comme les autres… Situé à environ 1h15 de route de Bangkok, ce marché a la particularité d’être situé sur des rails de chemin de fer.A chaque passage d’un train, les locaux replient leurs étals avec dextérité. Rome2rio makes travelling from Hanoi to Maeklong Railway Market (Station) easy. Maeklong Railway Market (Talad Rom Hub), Mae Klong - Tarif, Adresse & Avis. Fishing was (and still is) one of the main livelihoods of the people who lived here, and the market was another way in which to sell their goods. La Thaïlande regorge de nombreux marchés. Then you will have to travel out to Mae Klong Railway Station. In this half-day market tour, you will get to know Thai cultures and try some local Thai foods! These cookies do not store any personal information.Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. You can explore

・Maeklong Railway Market; well-known as street vendors selling goods amongst the railway running through the middle
・Damnoen Saduak Floating Market and try some local foods
・Coconut farm located in between the two markets and learn about coconut sugar I think that due to the nature of the market, it has a lot of things aimed for tourists. Very very nice experience. Meats, snacks, souvenirs, Thai sweets, desserts, ice-cream and clothing. Colourful stalls selling fresh fruits, veggies and fruit shakes. HighlyWe visited as part of a day trip from Bangkok to the floating village. But it’s also cheap and a little more of a unique experience.

My first solo travel adventure in November 2018 included a visit to the Maeklong Railway Market or some would refer to as Maeklong Train Market. As the 11:10 am train arrived, it beeped its horn, awnings came down, produce got pushed back, fellow tourists waited until the last minute to jump back to safety to get a good picture, and we all watched it chug past, inches away from our noses. On one of these canals, another unique market is held. In Bangkok you can also choose to board your train at If you don't want to take the train, you can also use a The Mae Klong line runs for approximately 70 km from Wongwian Yai in Bangkok (on the left bank of the Chaopraya River), to Mae Klong in Samut Songkhram (สมุทรสงคราม).It is used daily by locals to commute from Samut Sakhon and Samut SongKhram (South-West of Bangkok) to get to the Thai capital.It is also used by Thai and foreign tourists to go to visit the famous Mae Klong Train Market, as well as the nearby Amphawa Floating Market.The market is open everyday from 07:00 until 16:00.The line is made of two sections that are divided by the Tha Chin River (แม่น้ำท่าจีน) :The commuter trains that run on the Maeklong railway line are very slow (average speed 30 km/h) but also really cheap.The total cost from the origin station of Wongwian Yai to Maeklong train station is only about 20 THB!Maha Chai (มหาชัย) is a small fishing town located by the Tha Chin River and is worth a visit for its market and its atmosphere.There are market sellers displaying their products (fresh veggies, fruits, seafood...) along or even directly on the railway tracks and once a train approaches the vendors swiftly clear the tracks to let the train pass by.Every day there are many commuter trains going to Maha Chai and many commuter trains coming from Maha Chai.On the Wongwian Yai - Maha Chai section the price of a ticket depends on the number of travelled stations and goes as follows:You should also take into account that you will need altogether around 15 – 20 minutes to cross the river and reach Ban Laem Train Station.The walk from Maha Chai Railway Station to the Ferry boat crossing pier takes about 5 – 10 minutes.Once on the other side of the river you have to walk for another 5 - 10 minutes to reach Ban Laem Railway Station (just follow the English road signs)Ban Laem is a very small station but not without a certain charm.There are only 4 daily commuter trains running from Ban Laem to Mae Klong.On the Ban Laem to Mae Klong train, the price of a ticket depends on the number of travelled stations and goes as follows:As we already wrote, you should plan your trip beforehand and give yourself enough time to reach the railway station in order not to be left stranded at Ban Laem.Mae Klong Train Station is unique as it also operates as a fresh food market (veggies, fruits, all sorts of seafood and fish…).It became world famous for the spectacle it offers many times per day, when market stalls have to be quickly removed from the railway tracks to give way to one of the oncoming trains.The approaching train blows its horn to signal its imminent arrival, but the market vendors don't bother clearing the track until the last minute and the 2nd horn!As soon as the train is gone the stalls and products are moved back on the tracks as if nothing happened!Actually the Thai name of the market is “Talat Hoop” (ตลาดร่มหุบ) which literally means the “Market Closed Umbrella”.The name comes from the fact that while a train is approaching vendors hold on to the poles that support their canopy roofs and wait till the last moment to give way to the train!Obviously the train is running at low-speed, but it is still impressive as it almost touches the market stalls and different products that have been removed just far enough to let the locomotive and coaches squeeze through!When coming by train from Ban Laem as you approach Mae Klong you will be able to observe by the train windows: market stalls, umbrellas, house walls that are being brushed past by the running coaches as well as people that awkwardly stands waiting for the train to pass them by or taking pictures of the spectacle.There are only 4 daily commuter trains running from Mae Klong to Ban Laem.We thought that the “Bangkok Train Market” was kind of a tourist trap, but maybe it is just that we have been in Thailand too long!.It is pretty crowded with foreign tourists that are wandering the market and trying to position themselves to take pictures of one of the 8 daily trains that arrives and departs at / from Mae Klong railway station.The package tours  “Mae Klong + Amphawa Floating Market” probably sell like hot cakes at any Bangkok travel agencies.For us, by far the most interesting part of the trip was the commuter train trip to get there, as it provides a good and authentic Thai experience and nice scenery.However, many people seem to enjoy this day trip from Bangkok.The other interesting part of the trip is the fishing town of Maha Chai, for its lovely and alive market streets and its atmosphere.These days a lot of tourists are actually travelling by vans or buses all the way up to Mae Klong or choose to hop on the train at Lat Yai or Bang Krabun which are the last two stations before the “Train Market”.If you do that, in our opinion, you are actually missing the best part of the trip!As you are getting closer to the train departure time, note how the market transforms itself and enjoy the spectacle offered by the vendors that remove their stalls in the blink of an eye and hold on to the poles of their awnings until the very last minute to let the train sneak in.Because there are so few trains running on the Mae Klong – Ban Laem section of the line and because there aren’t any evening trains, many people choose to go back to Bangkok by minibus / van.There are minibuses running back and forth from Mae Klong to different places in Bangkok:It costs around 80 THB and it takes approximately 1 hour 30 minutes to reach the Thai capital.If you choose to go to Maeklong Market by minibus instead of going by train, you can always use the minibus service at Victory Monument (now moved to A lot of people who travel to the “Bangkok Train Market” also choose to visit the nearby “Amphawa Floating Market”.All Text and Images are Copyright of train36.com © 2020A lovely little train station on the Wongwian Yai Maha to Chai lineThe railway tracks are used as the main walking alley of the marketMarket sellers ready to clear the way for approaching trainVendors standing in between the train and the market-stallsLovely purple station on the Wongwian Yai-Maha Chai railway lineTourists standing in between the market stalls and the running train