Fresh market by the King Taksin circle; daily life in Thonburi's old downtown
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Daily life in Wongwian Yai revolves around the traffic circle: the fresh market is just south of it, and farther south on Krung Thon Buri Road there's a Tops Daily supermarket. In the center of the circle stands the King Taksin statue, unveiled on December 28, 1954; a national ceremony has been held here on that date every year since.
The traffic circle itself was built after the Memorial Bridge opened in 1932; the statue came later. This area used to be Thonburi's main commercial district, and it still has markets, department stores and a movie theater.
Transit ranks 3rd out of 32 neighborhoods in Bangkok: the neighborhood has both the BTS Silom Line and the SRT's Wongwian Yai station, and it is also a large bus hub on the west bank of the Chao Phraya River.
The BTS station opened in May 2009, and trains toward National Stadium take you into the city. The SRT station is the Bangkok terminus of the Mahachai Line, and commuter trains to Samut Sakhon depart from here.
Everyday shopping ranks 5th; the market and the Tops are both inside the neighborhood, so you don't have to leave it for groceries.
Before settling here, look at cleanliness first: it ranks 28th out of 32 neighborhoods in Bangkok, the weakest of this neighborhood's categories. Sidewalks rank 21st, a little below the middle.
The neighborhood sits in Khlong San district, which had about 12,108 people per square kilometer in 2017, making it a densely populated old district.
On December 29, 1904, the railway from Pak Khlong San to Mahachai opened, with Wongwian Yai station on the line. In 1961 the Maeklong Railway was shortened to Wongwian Yai, making this its terminus.
This area only became part of Bangkok when Thonburi and Phra Nakhon provinces merged in 1971. On May 15, 2009, the BTS Silom Line was extended here, adding a BTS station right next to the railway terminus.
The MRT Purple Line's southern extension will have an underground station at Wongwian Yai, now under construction. It was originally planned to open in 2027, but an August 2025 report said the whole line has been pushed back to 2030.
The SRT also plans to replace the current railway station with a new station on the Dark Red Line.
Compared with the 32 Bangkok neighborhoods in this guide (scores 0–10)
HA-accredited hospitals (excluding specialist institutes such as psychiatric and infectious-disease hospitals), schools and universities within 1 km (only those with an English name on OpenStreetMap; Bangkok publishes no school catchments), stations, parks of 1 ha or more, and large shopping malls and department stores.
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