The "Sina Karin Railway Night Market" opened in June 2013. Not only is it large and has many stalls, but it is also a place that local Thais like to go to. It is less touristy and its Thai flavor is stronger than other tourist night markets. It is said that it is even worse. Although it is located in the southeast of Bangkok city and you need to transfer to a taxi to take public transportation, it still attracts many tourists to come for pilgrimage and has gained a good reputation in the community.
📂Quick introduction: Basic introduction to Sina Karim Railway Night Market
The night market in Bangkok is like an amoeba. With the development of the urban area of Bangkok, the night market with a large area often faces the situation of repossession of the rented land. When the lights in this place are turned off, the vendors will part ways and develop separately. A new night market will always be set up somewhere in the country, once again calling for everyone to gather.
This new train night market is located behind Seacon Square shopping mall (Seacon Square), walk in from the corridor next to Seacon Square, the first is the indoor shops in the corridor, after passing the Elephant Temple, there is an open-air plaza where food stalls gather, on the left It is the indoor stalls built by tin houses and selling all kinds of Thai goods. These two areas are adjacent to the places where good food and shopping are located, and they have formed the scale and characteristics of a general Thai night market.However, the good show is behind~~
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The Rise of the Sina Karim Railway Night Market
After passing through the tin house indoor stalls, the large area and densely packed open-air stalls are the highlight!First of all, there are open-air stalls closely connected with stalls, selling all kinds of clothes, accessories, sunglasses, mobile phone cases and other small things. Next to it is a beer house. Drinking, chatting, and visiting the stalls are very lively.
Next, there are the same large area of open-air flea markets and indoor nostalgic stores. The open-air flea market sells various toys, records and other nostalgic goods, and the indoor nostalgic stores sell large-scale antique-grade nostalgic goods.Next, divide it into the above-mentioned blocks, and use the photo map to show everyone around!
▲ The entrance to the Sina Karin Railway Night Market is located next to Xikang Plaza. You can see it when you walk out of the MRT station. It is very easy to find.
Promenade indoor store
Entering from the entrance on the side of Xikang Plaza is a long indoor shopping street. There are many types of shops on the right side of the walkway, and toilets and parking lots on the left.If you come early, you can walk around. If you come after nightfall, you have to be restrained, because the whole night market is the highlight.
Snack stall
The real start of the train and railway night market starts with lively snack stalls. Of course, such a wide night market must first fill up your stomach and recharge your energy before you can take a good stroll.In other words, these food stalls really have a lot of tricks, and there will not be many stalls selling the same things, so everyone can definitely find their favorite snacks, afraid that you are too greedy and have to eat everything.
▲ After walking out of the shopping street of the indoor promenade, oncoming is the elephant temple in charge of career and art.
▲ Every time you come to Thailand, you must have a cup of corn, it's super delicious!
▲ The Thai milk tea at this stall is hand-labeled black tea, recommended!
▲ Ha~ I still don’t forget the snacks that are also available in Taiwan when I come to Bangkok.
▲ A cup of strawberry milkshake is only 30 baht!
▲ The grilled chicken drumstick rice is so delicious that it's explosive, you must come to eat it!
Indoor commodity booth
After eating and drinking, there is an area on the left side of the snack area to sell clothes and accessories, and behind it is the indoor merchandise stall built by the tin house. The area where the open air and indoor stalls are combined is about the size of an ordinary night market. .However, the famous train and railway night market, of course, is more than that, let's finish this party first.
▲ The clothing on the stall is very cheap. If you want to buy it, you can bargain with the boss, provided that you really want to buy it.
▲ There is no shortage of products designed and hand-worked by the boss. Everyone can judge the quality and decide whether to start or not.
▲ Round skirts are very popular this year. This shop sells big round skirts all over, with nice designs and affordable prices!
▲ The train and railway night market is a popular place for locals in Bangkok, and there are really not many tourists.
▲ Collectors of dolls and toys come here to dig treasures, and they will have very different fun.
▲ After walking out of the indoor stall, there are still some scattered snacks and small things stalls outside. Let's make a summary of a few kebabs.
Open-air merchandise stalls
After walking out of the tin house indoor venue, walk a short distance to the bar shop also built by the tin house. If you are tired, order a glass of wine and small dishes here, and friends can relax and chat together, which is quite pleasant You don’t need to rush into the close-knit open-air booths first.
As for the open-air booth area, it is really dense and crowded. The stalls will not sell any valuable products, but if you dig carefully, you may be able to find cheap and small things you like. The things in this area are definitely cheap and cheap. After all, visitors are Most of the local Thai people are looking for cheap mobile phone cases and small accessories, so you can come here.
▲ The bar is playing charming music, which makes the whole night sway with the music.
▲ SPY and LEO beer are common liquors in Thailand.
▲ You can buy some snacks and drink with wine, the atmosphere is really great!
▲ Fried flower sticks bought by a friend, topped with lemon chutney sauce, first class!
▲ The goods of the train and railway night market are much cheaper than the sightseeing night market.
The phone case on the right hand side costs only 60 baht, start immediately!
▲ Guess how much this pair of cute flip flops?
The answer is...120 baht!
▲ There are also some stalls selling skin care products, but I am afraid of allergies and dare not use them indiscriminately.
Open air flea market
After passing through the large and densely packed open-air booth area, the next step is the area of nostalgic and retro goods, including open-air booths and indoor shops.In the open-air flea market, the main stall holders are all directly driving in vehicles, such as weird toys, record sleeves, nostalgic objects, and so on.
Actually, I don’t really know whether this can make money, but these stallholders seem to drive to enjoy the coolness, set up stalls, and make friends, and they seem to be quite leisurely.There are also some snack and drink stalls here. Those who feel that they are not eating enough can still make up for it here.
▲ Each booth is a collection of carefully selected items by the bosses!
▲ You can even trade things to exchange goodwill with each other.
▲For those who love antique collectors, the distribution center here is a good place for communication between the two parties.
▲ Even you can find childlike fun here.
▲As long as you are willing to slow down and watch and stroll slowly.
▲ You will find a piece of beauty in your collection or memory that is worth remembering.
▲These items have their own stories and collection significance for the boss, just waiting for you to explore them.
▲ When we were young, our home phones were of this dial type.
Indoor nostalgic antique shop
Next door to the open-air flea market is an indoor nostalgic antique store. The products on display are nostalgic products with high unit prices and close to antiques. Unless you have special interests and are really dedicated to searching for antiques, ordinary tourists can just walk around. It’s actually quite fun to visit and take a look.
▲ In the antique store, there are some more dated objects, and most of them can be used normally.
▲ Take this as an example, he is an electric fan driven by the heat energy of kerosene ignited!
▲ There are many antique cars and locomotives outdoors, so please take pictures with them!
▲ The night market lacks a large stage, and sometimes street performances are also encountered!
▲ It’s finally over! Finally, order a drink and drink slowly. When you go back, you have to be patient when calling a taxi. It's open until one o'clock in the morning anyway, so take your time.
🚖How to get there by car? Traffic information and surrounding environment of Sina Karim Railway Night Market
For tourists in the early days, the Sina Karim Railway Night Market was relatively remote. They often had to take the BTS Skytrain to E11 Punnawithi Station or E12 Udom Suk Station, and then take a taxi. To go there, those who are familiar with the road will transfer to a songthaew or a bus.
With the gradual improvement of Bangkok's mass rapid transit network, the Sina Karin Railway Night Market is now close to the YL15 Suan Luang Rama 9 station of the Bangkok MRT Yellow Line. You can take the MRT Blue Line and transfer to the Yellow Line at Lat Phrao Station. From the MRT After exiting the station, you will find the entrance to the night market next to Lotus' Seacon Square.
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▲ In order to avoid communication problems with the taxi driver, the most direct and quick way is to directly print out or show the business card of the Railway Night Market on your mobile phone.
▲ In the early days, you had to take the BTS Skytrain to Udom Suk Station and then transfer to a taxi or songthaew. Now you can take the Bangkok Yellow Line MRT and go directly to the entrance of the night market.
▶️Video introduction: Unboxing video of Sina Karin Railway Night Market
✅Comprehensive evaluation: Bangkok’s local nostalgic giant market
The Sina Karin Railway Night Market lacks large outdoor stage performance space and open-air seating. It only has small open-air bars, which cannot cater to the tastes of European, American and overseas tourists. There are more Thai snacks and traditional nostalgic stalls for shopping. Most of them are Thai locals, and there is no shortage of food, drinks, clothes and accessories. The scale is even bigger. The only disadvantage is probably that it is located in the suburbs and the transportation is relatively inconvenient. However, this may also be the reason to maintain this A niche with local customs and light tourist colors.
Srinakarin Train Night Market・Train Night Market Srinakarin． ตลาดนัดรถไฟ ศรีนครินทร์
- Business hours: Indoor shopping malls are open from Tuesday to Sunday (closed on Mondays), open-air stalls are open on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays (17:00-01:00 am)
- Phone: +66 81 8275885
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/taradrodfi
- English address: 51 Srinagarindra Rd, Nong Bon, Prawet, Bangkok
- Thai address: ตลาดนัดรถไฟ ศรีนครินทร์ ซ.ศรีนครินทร์ 51 ถ.ศร ีนครินทร์ แขวงหนองบอน เขตประเวศ
