Everyday, vendors at this market on the outskirts of Bangkok arrange their seafood, vegetables and flowers under large shades, and wait for customers and the trains to come. <br /><br />The Talad Rom Hub market, or "the closed umbrella market", looks like any other fresh food market in Thailand.<br /><br />However, it is built on a railway track that sees eight trains a day. <br /><br />When the train warning siren goes off, people on the tracks have just three minutes to clear the way. <br /><br />Customers move aside, and the 200 vendors swiftly push back awnings and their wares in a well-rehearsed move as they wait for the train to rumble past. <br /><br />[Pailin Worakum, Fish Vendor]<br />"Yes, we have so little time (to move away from the tracks) but all the vendors can make it in time. We are already used to this.”<br /><br />As soon as the train passes, it's back to business. <br /><br />The unusual market has become a big hit with tourists, with around 500 visiting daily. <br /><br />Railway officials say there have been no major accidents since the railway market started.
