Dhanushkodi railway station is an abandoned railway station in Tamil Nadu, India. It was abandoned during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone.[1][2] It is one of the two branch lines gets diverted from Pamban Junction one is Pamban Junction Rameswaram Branch line and the other is Pamban Junction Dhanushkodi Branch line. Both lines got destroyed in that cyclone. Immediately after the cyclone, Rameswaram branch line was constructed and opened to traffic but Dhanushkodi branch line is not yet constructed. Now funds are being raised to reconstruct this line.[3][4][5]

Dhanushkodi
Heritage building of Dhanushkodi's old railway station
General information
Location	India
Coordinates	9.1793°N 79.4157°E / 9.1793; 79.4157
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Madurai railway division
Line(s)	Manamadurai–Rameswaram branch line
Platforms	2
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	on ground station
Other information
Fare zone	Southern Railway
History
Closed	23 December 1964; 57 years ago (1964-12-23)
Route map Legend km to Dindigul Junction 0 Madurai Junction to Bodinayakkanur to Virudhunagar Junction Tirupparankuram overpass SH 32 SH 195 4 Madurai East NH 38 Silaiman Bypass 12 Silaiman Silaiman Bypass Tiruppuvanam Bypass 21 Tiruppuvanam Tiruppuvanam Bypass 32 Tiruppachetti 41 Rajagambiram NH 87 to Karaikkudi Junction 48 Manamadurai Junction to Virudhunagar Junction 58 Sudiyur NH 87 NH 87 SH 29 72 Paramakudi Paramakudi Canal NH 87 92 Sattirakudi 107 Ramanathapuram SH 49 NH 32 116 Valantaravai 127 Uchippuli NH 87 131 Pirappanvalasai Pillaimadam 141 Mandapam Camp 144 Mandapam Pamban Bridge over Palk Strait Pamban Island NH 87 151 Pamban Junction 168 Towards Dhanushkodi Terminal Branch out of service 161 Rameswaram Line end This diagram: view talk edit
Location
Dhanushkodi Location within India Show map of India Dhanushkodi Dhanushkodi (Tamil Nadu) Show map of Tamil Nadu

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