Dangerous Maeklong Train Track Market (ตลาดแม่กลอง): Samut Songkhram, Thailand

Dangerous Maeklong Train Track Market (ตลาดแม่กลอง): Samut Songkhram, Thailand
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Look at the article: http://migrationology.com/2011/05/maeklong-train-market-thailand/

The Maeklong Train Market (ตลาดแม่กลอง) is an incredible market to visit with a train that passes through 4 times a day. Market dwellers are forced to avoid collision by mere inches fromt the dangerous train that passes through.

Migration Mark explores the Maeklong Train Track Market in Thailand for wild ride!

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  1. This is the Maeklong Railway Market close to the Maeklong Railway Station, in Bangkok. "The market is colloquially known as Rom Hoop Market [or Rom Hub Market], meaning the market where they have to prepare to fold down umbrella or awning to let the trains pass through. The market is also ironically called Nee Tai Market, for they have to flee away to survive from the approaching trains heading for this market. This market opens and closes 8 times a day, as there are 4 trains each way. (Another video names it Mae Klong Train Market.) 

    The railway became famous for its route through the Maeklong Railway Market, nicknamed (Thai: Talad Rom Hoop), meaning the 'Umbrella Pulldown Market'.[5] It is one of the largest fresh seafood markets in Thailand, and is centred on the Maeklong Railway's track.[3] Whenever a train approaches, the awnings and shop fronts are moved back from the rails, to be replaced once the train has passed.[6]
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maeklong_Railway#Market 

  2. Oh, come on, naysayers. That’s a great way to crush fruits, nuts, and vegetables. No need for a nutcracker. No walnut could withstand that. Put an apple of the track and you’ve got instant applesauce. Orange and orange juice. Just look at the sheer convenience for shoppers. Train and track are right there. Ride in, buy produce, crush what’s needed, and ride back out. LOL.
     
    By the way, the video title describes this as “dangerous.” I checked and did not find a single recent incident of injury or death (other than the occasional produce basket or tray) at that market related to the trains. Am I missing something?

  3. This is insane, There was no other place to put a market place than on a train track! I can't believe that the local government would even allow this. This is why third world countrys stay third world countrys.

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