Rameswaram
General information
Location	GP Road, Rameswaram, Ramanathapuram district, Tamil Nadu India
Coordinates	9°16′55″N 79°18′32″E / 9.282°N 79.309°E / 9.282; 79.309
Elevation	2 metres (6 ft 7 in)
Owned by	Indian Railways
Operated by	Southern Railway
Line(s)	Manamadurai–Rameswaram branch line
Platforms	4
Tracks	12
Connections	Bus stand, Auto rickshaw stand
Construction
Structure type	Standard (on ground station)
Parking	Yes
Accessible
Other information
Status	Functioning
Station code	RMM
Zone(s)	Southern Railway zone
Division(s)	MDUTooltip Madurai railway division
History
Opened	1906 (1906)
Rebuilt	31 October 2007 (2007-10-31)
Electrified	Ongoing
Services
Preceding station Indian Railways Following station Terminus Southern Railway zone Manamadurai–Rameswaram branch line Pamban towards ?
Route map 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 Rameswaram Island   NH 87 151 Pamban Junction 168 Towards Dhanushkodi Terminal Branch out of service to Dhanushkodi ( under construction ) 161 Rameswaram Line end
Location
Rameswaram Location within India Show map of India Rameswaram Rameswaram (Tamil Nadu) Show map of Tamil Nadu

Rameswaram railway station is a railway terminus serving the town of Rameswaram located on the Rameswaram Island in the Ramanathapuram district of Tamil Nadu. It belongs to the Madurai railway division and is an important terminal of the Southern Railway zone.^[1] The station links the pilgrim town as well as the rest of the island to the mainland via the highly acclaimed Pamban Rail Bridge.

Location and layout

The station is one of the oldest in the country, and accommodate trains such as the Sethu Express and the Boatmail Express, which were two of the most significant and historic trains operated in the region prior to the gauge conversion. There are four platforms, seven railway tracks, and two pitlines within the station. Currently, the Rameswaram railway station and the Pamban railway station are the only two functioning train stations in the island excluding the former rail terminus in Dhanushkodi that is no longer in use. The metre-gauge branch line from Pamban Junction to Dhanushkodi was dismantled after it was destroyed in a cyclone in 1964.

Source station

Since it is the last railway station on Manamadurai Rameswaram Branch Line, it acts as a source station for all trains which are operated from here. They include:

• Boatmail Express
• Sethu super fast Express
• Rameswaram Coimbatore weekly Express
• Rameswaram Kanyakumari (cape) tri-weekly express
• Rameswaram Tirupathi tri-weekly Express
• Rameswaram okha weekly Express
• Rameswaram Bhuvaneswaram weekly Express
• Rameswaram Banaras weekly Express
• Rameswaram Ayodhya weekly Express
• Rameswaram Ajmer Humsafar Express (weekly)
• Rameswaram Madurai Passenger
• Rameswaram tiruchirappalli passenger

References

External links

• Rameswaram railway station at the India Rail Info