Boat
Wang Lang or Siriraj Pier is the main pier for the area, consists of the ferry crossing-river boat service to Tha Chang and Tha Phrachan piers to the Grand Palace, Wat Prakaew and Sanam Luang; and the Chao Phraya Express Boat Service to northern suburb at Nonthaburi or Bangkok downtown at Si Lom and Sathon. There is also another RotFai (Railway) Pier at the former Thonburi Railway Station for river-crossing boat to Tha Phrachan Pier and the local line of the Chao Phraya Express Boat.
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—Chinese proverb.
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