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  "schema": "landometer.citywiki.article/v1",
  "id": "0983ac9a-9c34-4a84-a2c0-24df8fa2c20d",
  "slug": "bang-son",
  "url": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/bang-son?lang=en",
  "json": "https://landometer.com/v3/citywiki/bang-son.json",
  "language": "en",
  "updatedAt": "2026-08-17T18:33:43.912804+07:00",
  "indexedBySearch": true,
  "pendingBeforeIndexing": [
    "No pipeline terms or placeholders in reader-facing text.",
    "Passed the two-step human review (geography and evidence, then page quality)."
  ],
  "place": {
    "nameEn": "Bang Son",
    "nameTh": "บางซ่อน",
    "province": "Bangkok",
    "country": "Thailand",
    "geoNote": "A non-legal story area in Bang Sue subdistrict, Bang Sue district, Bangkok, linking Bang Son’s rail interchange with Pracha Naruemit’s woodcraft corridor.",
    "pronunciation": "bahng sorn"
  },
  "quickAnswer": "Bang Son (บางซ่อน) suits a half-day exploration built around everyday work rather than a single attraction. Arrive through the Bang Son rail interchange, treat Bang Son Market (ตลาดบางซ่อน) as a possible food stop rather than the destination itself, then spend most of your time with the timber businesses of Pracha Naruemit Community and Bang Pho Wood Street (ชุมชนประชานฤมิตรและถนนสายไม้บางโพ). Saphan Mai Community (ชุมชนสะพานไม้) adds a separate khon-mask tradition, although current visitor access to craft homes has not been established.",
  "truthStatement": "Bang Son (บางซ่อน) is not one official neighbourhood boundary but a rail-linked working area where two same-named stations, a market, a woodcraft street and a khon-mask community sit under one familiar place name.",
  "boundary": {
    "headline": "What this page means by Bang Son",
    "definitionNote": "This page uses the non-legal reference outline supplied for the story: the Bang Son rail interchange and market, the Pracha Naruemit wood corridor and Saphan Mai craft community in Bang Sue subdistrict. It does not treat historical Tambon Bang Son, Bang Sue district as a whole, Khlong Bang Son or any single station as the locality’s present-day edge."
  },
  "fit": {
    "summary": "Good for travellers interested in working craft districts, urban transport and neighbourhood businesses.",
    "roles": [
      "Woodworkers and designers",
      "Craft-focused travellers",
      "Transit enthusiasts",
      "Independent urban explorers"
    ]
  },
  "misfit": {
    "summary": "Less ideal for anyone who needs fixed visitor hours or one formal attraction with guaranteed entry.",
    "roles": [
      "Travellers needing assured access",
      "Drivers relying on street parking",
      "Anyone expecting a market timetable"
    ]
  },
  "practical": {
    "recommendedDuration": "half day"
  },
  "bestTime": [],
  "route": {
    "intro": "Without a car, arrive at Bang Son MRT station PP15 or Bang Son suburban-rail station RW02. The railway operator’s 2022 page placed Ticket Hall 2 toward the MRT connection and Bangkok–Nonthaburi and Pracharat roads, but exits, lifts and operating details should be checked on the day.",
    "stops": [
      {
        "name": "Bang Son rail interchange (สถานีบางซ่อน PP15 และ RW02)",
        "role": "Arrive and orient",
        "headline": "One name, two separate stations"
      },
      {
        "name": "Bang Son Market (ตลาดบางซ่อน)",
        "role": "Possible food stop",
        "headline": "A municipal trading point, not the definition of Bang Son"
      },
      {
        "name": "Pracha Naruemit Community and Bang Pho Wood Street (ชุมชนประชานฤมิตรและถนนสายไม้บางโพ)",
        "role": "Follow the craft corridor",
        "headline": "Timber work from raw material to finished fittings"
      },
      {
        "name": "Wood Street entrance arches (ซุ้มประตูไม้ถนนสายไม้)",
        "role": "Read the entrance",
        "headline": "Two carved markers announce the timber district"
      },
      {
        "name": "Saphan Mai Community (ชุมชนสะพานไม้)",
        "role": "Trace another craft",
        "headline": "Khon masks built from paper, form and patient drying"
      }
    ]
  },
  "faqs": [
    {
      "a": "It means the supplied non-legal story area around the Bang Son rail interchange, Bang Son Market, Pracha Naruemit Wood Street and Saphan Mai Community—not the whole of Bang Sue district or the historical Tambon Bang Son.",
      "q": "What does Bang Son mean on this page?"
    },
    {
      "a": "No. It is one named trading point within the area. The woodcraft corridor at Pracha Naruemit carries the clearest visitor story, while the market’s current hours and specific trader count remain unestablished.",
      "q": "Is Bang Son Market the main destination?"
    },
    {
      "a": "Use Bang Son MRT station PP15 or suburban-rail station RW02. The two stations connect at Bangkok–Nonthaburi Road; check current exits, service information and lift availability before travelling.",
      "q": "How can I reach Bang Son without a car?"
    },
    {
      "a": "No. It is a working road of timber, furniture, carving and supporting businesses. Individual shops decide their own access and schedules.",
      "q": "Is Bang Pho Wood Street a formal attraction?"
    },
    {
      "a": "Do not assume walk-in access. Current visitor arrangements were not established, so organise a visit first and ask permission before entering a home or workshop.",
      "q": "Can I visit the khon-mask makers at Saphan Mai Community?"
    },
    {
      "a": "Half a day is enough for the interchange, a possible market stop and Pracha Naruemit. A pre-arranged mask-making visit would justify additional time.",
      "q": "How long should I spend in Bang Son?"
    }
  ],
  "caveats": [
    "The supplied outline is approximate, non-legal and not the modern extent of historical Tambon Bang Son.",
    "Market hours, food-venue operation, wood-shop schedules and access to craft homes should be checked before travelling.",
    "RW02 station information was updated on August 25, 2022; confirm current hours, exits and lift availability with the rail operators."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "publisher": "CityMETER",
      "title": "Reference outline; Population, Company, Condo, Factory, Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism datasets",
      "url": null,
      "accessed": "2026-08-10",
      "supports": "Story scope; population of 26,653; 83 active companies; 19 condominium projects; 19 factories and 446 workers; zero hotels; restaurant totals of 133 in the summary and 136 named venues; food ratings and price bands; Pracha Naruemit, Wood Street and Saphan Mai tourism entries."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bang Sue District Office",
      "title": "History of Bang Sue District Office",
      "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/bangsue/page/sub/1862/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99_Bangkok-PORTAL.pdf",
      "accessed": "2026-08-10",
      "supports": "Tambon Bang Son among fourteen former tambon in historical Bang Sue; the historical name does not establish a current neighbourhood edge."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bang Sue District Office",
      "title": "2026 Bangkok election polling-place page for Bang Sue district",
      "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/bangsue/page/sub/23863/%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B1%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B4%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%A0%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%A3%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%8B%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%AD-%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%A8-2569",
      "accessed": "2026-08-10",
      "supports": "Dated use of Bang Sue and Wong Sawang subdistrict headings; no current Bang Son subdistrict heading is established by this page."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Mass Rapid Transit Authority of Thailand",
      "title": "Bang Son Station PP15",
      "url": "https://www.mrta.co.th/th/mrt-station/11100",
      "accessed": "2026-08-17",
      "supports": "PP15 location on Bangkok–Nonthaburi Road in Bang Sue subdistrict and its connection with RW02."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "SRT Electrified Train Company",
      "title": "Bang Son station information",
      "url": "https://www.srtet.co.th/th/station-information?id=12",
      "accessed": "2026-08-17",
      "supports": "RW02 at the former Bang Son halt, its MRT connection, exits, lifts, lack of station parking and the August 25, 2022 update date."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bangkok City Law Enforcement Department",
      "title": "Bangkok trading areas under 2024 criteria",
      "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/citylaw/page/sub/3651/%E0%B8%84%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%B7%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%9A%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99_Bangkok-PORTAL.pdf/7/info/499238/%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%A1-%E0%B8%96%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B7%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B5%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%83%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%95%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%A5%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%81%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%81%E0%B8%93%E0%B8%91%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%9B%E0%B8%B5-67-%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%99%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%97%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%87%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B0%E0%B8%AD%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94-%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%87%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9B%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B0%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9A%E0%B8%B5%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%9A-%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%AB%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A1%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9E%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%88%E0%B8%B3%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%9C%E0%B8%B9%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%84%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%87%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%82%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%94",
      "accessed": "2026-08-10",
      "supports": "Bang Son Market among seven Bang Sue trading points and the limit of the combined 244-trader figure."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre",
      "title": "Pracha Naruemit community profile",
      "url": "https://wikicommunity.sac.or.th/community/264",
      "accessed": "2026-08-17",
      "supports": "Pracha Naruemit’s location, orchard history, road development, Chalerm Sukmak and Wat Khamsaithong, Hainanese woodworkers, one-kilometre corridor, more than 200 wood businesses, entrance arches, Phurisit Siriwarothakun and parking constraints."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Thai PBS",
      "title": "Pracha Naruemit Community: From orchards to Bang Pho Wood Street",
      "url": "https://www.thaipbs.or.th/program/JakRakSuRao/episodes/91803",
      "accessed": "2026-08-17",
      "supports": "The transition from fruit-growing land to timber carving, furniture work and commercial buildings."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Bang Sue District Office",
      "title": "Bang Sue district governor visit, February 6, 2026",
      "url": "https://webportal.bangkok.go.th/bangsue/page/sub/1883/%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A7%E0%B8%AA%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A3/16/info/534704",
      "accessed": "2026-08-17",
      "supports": "Wood Street as a community enterprise and current district interest in events where residents sell wood products, handicrafts and community goods."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Cultured Creatures",
      "title": "Made in Bang Sue",
      "url": "https://www.culturedcreatures.co/made-in-bangsue/",
      "accessed": "2026-08-17",
      "supports": "Takhian-thong entrance arches designed by Sudsakorn Chaisem; Saphan Mai khon-mask lineage; Joe Louis, Prateep Rodpai and the ten-layer mask-making process."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Museum Thailand",
      "title": "Bangkok Local Museum, Bang Sue District",
      "url": "https://www.museumthailand.com/museum/bangkok-local-museum-bang-sue-district",
      "accessed": "2026-08-17",
      "supports": "Museum displays concerning Pracha Naruemit Wood Street, Saphan Mai khon-mask making and people connected with Bang Sue’s cultural history."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Wikimedia Commons",
      "title": "Bangson Red Line Station (2).jpg",
      "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bangson_Red_Line_Station_(2).jpg",
      "accessed": "2026-08-17",
      "supports": "Hero image, photographer credit and CC BY-SA 4.0 reuse terms."
    },
    {
      "publisher": "Mr Glasses’ French Fries",
      "title": "Business social page and renovation notice",
      "url": "https://www.facebook.com/p/%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%8A%E0%B9%8C%E0%B8%9F%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B8%AA%E0%B9%8C-%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%A2%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%A7%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%99-100069977990381/",
      "accessed": "2026-08-17",
      "supports": "The venue’s social presence and a renovation-closure notice; no reopening date was established."
    }
  ],
  "image": {
    "url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/Bangson_Red_Line_Station_%282%29.jpg",
    "alt": "Bangson Red Line Station (2)",
    "author": "กสิณธร ราชโอรส",
    "license": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
    "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0",
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}