Train Market Samut Songkhram

On the 2nd day of Songkran, I ride out of Bangkok to Samut Songkhram to see the famous train market at the same time really starting the journey back down to Malaysia. The little town was quint looking like a blast from the past type of photo with old wooden two shops with overhead power cables running though the streets that if one were to open the window the first thing seen would not be a beautiful town sidewalk but a mess of ugly dangling cables hanging right in front of the window.

Samut Songkhram Town

Samut Songkhram Town

Maeklong Station was the famous last stop for the train which attracts many tourist every day. Before the train arrive it a genuine market not catered for tourist but rather the locals buying fresh produce, fresh meat and fish but somehow I wonder how long this would last. The number of tourist walking the market was way more than a local trying to go about their daily lives in a market.

Maeklong Station - Samut Songkhram

Train Market - Samut Songkhram

Train Market - Samut Songkhram 

Train Market - Samut Songkhram 

Train Market - Samut Songkhram 

Train Passing the train market at Samut Songkhram 

In a way, it was only a matter of time souvenir shops would dot the line and slowly replace the authenticity of the wet market but then again, once that happen, so goes the tourist as well which does bring business to the little town of Samut Songkhram.

As the time comes for the train to make its passes, the market was transformed within minutes shoving buckets, tables, goods, shelter and anything in the way to become a railway area. As the train approaches, tourist dotted the sides taking photos of a good time while the locals waited lazily for the train to pass so their business can resume as usual.

Traveled On : Apr 2019