Mar 22, 2009 -- People pray to a Buddhist monk on the platform at the Wong Wian Yai train station in Thonburi. The Mahachai Rail Line is a commuter line that runs from the Wong Wian Yai train station in the Thonburi section of Bangkok to the fishing port and market town of Samut Sakhon, which used to be known as Mahachai. A second line from Baan Laem to Samut Songkhram, another fishing port south of Samut Sakhon. Each stretch of the line takes about an hour. Photo by Jack Kurtz