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Mae Klong Railway Market

A train moving through Mae Klong market
Artwork FileSamut Songkhram, Thailand

Mae Klong Railway Market

SeenJun 2022

State Railway of Thailand · Samut Songkhram

Photo: m-louis .® (CC BY-SA 2.0), 2013-06-01. Resized from the existing SAU image.

At Mae Klong station in Samut Songkhram, the market occupies the railway corridor. A 2022 AFP report describes vendors retracting umbrellas and moving goods for passing trains. Source Source Reported

Seen Jun 2022 — evidence dated 2022-06-08. The AFP report was published on 8 June 2022; this is a publication date, not a verified camera date. Source Reported

💡 4 things to know

  1. Market on working railsThe provincial tourism office locates the market at Mae Klong station. Source Checked
  2. Awnings move firstThe provincial tourism office describes vendors folding awnings for the slow train. Source Checked
  3. Several passages dailyAFP reported six daily train passages in June 2022. Source Reported
  4. Dated viewA free-license 2013 photograph shows a train between the stalls. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

Mae Klong station and Hoop Rom Market · Samut Songkhram, Thailand Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 20131 Jun

    Train photographed among the stalls · camera date

  2. 20228 Jun

    AFP reports trains passing through the market

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Local name
ตลาดร่มหุบ (Talad Rom Hup) Source Checked
Setting
Beside Mae Klong station Source Checked
Reported frequency in 2022
Six train passages daily Source Reported
Train movement
Vendors retract awnings and goods Source Reported
2013 evidence
Train photographed inside the market Source Checked
Railway operator
State Railway of Thailand Source Checked

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