Trip heading to Mae Klong Railway Market from Bangkok 3 of 5

 Schedule:3 

From Ban Laem to Mae Klong by Western Line.

Got on the 7: 30 train to head the Mae Klong station.
It was about an hour trip to the destination.
The fare is 10 baht for one way for one person.

  Ban Laem Station            

Terminal station in early morning.
Several passengers and motorcycle taxi drivers are waiting for the train.

The train arrived at the station.
Contrary to my expectation, few passengers got off.

Inside the car just before departure.
The seat of the getting on train car did not fill up.

  Passage station                 

It was a scene that feels more local color than Maha Chai line.

The passing stations of this route are as follows;
Tha Chalom,Ban Chi Phakhao,Khlong Nok Lek,Bang Si Kot,Bang Krachao,Ban Bo,Bang Thorat,Ban Ka Long,Ban Na Khwang,Ban Na Khok,Ket Muang,Lat Yai,Bang Krabun

I could not took photo all the station name plates.

  Mae Klong Station          

Many tourists appeared just before arriving at this station.
It was enough to prevent the progress of the train.

Arrived at my destination.
To be continued.

Ban Laem Station : State Railway of Thailand

City : Tha Chalom, Samut Sakhon, Thailand
Railway line : Mae Klong Line

This is one of the terminal stations of Mae Klong line.
Unlike the Maha Chai station, the surroundings are not crowded.

  Walking through the station   

Walked from the entrance of the station to the edge of the platform.

Ticket office
This route is four round trips a day.
Departure time : 7：30,10：10,13：30,16：40

Edge of platform.

I do not know the reason, but this station is on the curve.

On the platform, two eating places were open.

End of the platform.
The spare train cars are stopped in frontward.

  Train arrival                   

The scene that the train arrives.

  Train departure              

The scene that the train leaves.
Departed at almost scheduled time.

  Train car coupling           

Encountered a work to add a train car.

Two train cars were added by this work.

Trip heading to Mae Klong Railway Market from Bangkok 2 of 5

 Schedule:2 

Preview the Ban Leam station and Stay one night in Mahachai.

After arriving at Maha Chai station, checked in at a hotel.
And for the train to get on the next day I headed for preview to Ban Laem station.

  Crossing a river from Maha Chai pier          

There is Tha Chin river between Maha Chai station and Ban Laem station.
Ferry service are prepared to connect the two stations with the shortest distance.

This is entrance for the ferry platform on Maha Chai side.

The fare is 3 baht for one way for one person.

Motorcycles can also board the ship.
I did not check the fare.

Let's go aboard and head to the opposite pier.

This is the ferry platform on Ban Laem station side.
That name is Chalom pier.

  Preview the Ban Leam station  

This is a guide sign board to the station on the way.

I arrived at the station without getting lost.

I will write about the state of this station in another article.

  Crossing the river from Chalom pier    

The preview of the station is over and I return to the Maha Chai side.
The hotel is in Maha Chai side.

Entrance to Chalom pier.

Shops were lined up on both sides of the aisle.
Most of the shops were closed at my visit.

Fee Station.
Payed 3 baht here.

Passengers in the motorcycle line up.

Arrival at the ferry.
There was almost no waiting time for this ferry service.

Departing for Maha Chai pier.

This ship docked at the pier after the previous ferry departed.
Many passengers were already in line.

  At the Hotel                  

Went back to the hotel and took a rest for a while.
I fell asleep for about 2 hours.
The outside was already dark.

For dinner, I planned to go to food stalls around the station.
But unfortunately it began to rain.
I have no choice, so I purchased food at a convenience store near the hotel.

To be continued.

Maha Chai Station : State Railway of Thailand

City : Mahachai, Samut Sakhon, Thailand
Railway line : Mahachai Line

Took a walk at the terminal station of Maha Chai line.
Also took video for train that leaving and arriving in the station.

  The appearance of the station  

Looked inside the facility from the front of the station.

Passenger's waiting place

Ticket office

  Walking through the platform    

Walked the platform from the railway crossing in front of the station.

Shops lining up on the platform.
There were few stores for food.

The ticket office is on this left side.

The train moves to the back of the platform after arriving at the station.
The left is the train I got on, the right is the next train to depart.

  Train departure                            

Merchandises on the track were cleaned up just before departure.

This is a railway crossing in front of the station.
After the train leaving, merchandises were placed on the track.

  Train arrival                               

The train came close to the railway crossing.

Each will clean up the merchandises on the track.
Just before the train passes.