Rameswaram railway station
Rameswaram railway terminus is an NSG–3 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves the town of Rameswaram, located in Ramanathapuram district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The station links the pilgrim town as well as the rest of the island to the mainland via the highly acclaimed New 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.New Railway route in proposal
Below New proposals were planned to have a faster travel for the pilgrims who were visiting the holy temple at Rameshwaram from various parts of the nation, the proposed route will benefit the faster connectivity between the state capital Chennai to Rameshwaram Temple via Tiruchirappalli, Karaikudi and Ramanathapuram railway route from the existing route would take more than 2 hours additional time for the train travel.Karaikudi-Devakottai-Ramanathapuram new BG line: Reconnaissance Engineering cum Traffic Survey for a new BG line between Karaikkudi and Ramanathapuram via Devakkottai was conducted and Survey Report was sent to Railway Board on 30.08.2011. This project was shelved by Railway Board.