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{{More citations needed|date=August 2013}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Rameswaram
| native_name =
| native_name_lang=
| type =
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Rameswaram Railway Station.jpg
| image_caption =
| address = GP Road, [[Rameswaram]], [[Ramanathapuram district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|9.282|79.309|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline}}
| map_type = India#India Tamil Nadu
| elevation = {{convert|2|m}}
| line = [[Manamadurai–Rameswaram branch line]]
| other = [[Bus stand]], [[Auto rickshaw]] stand
| structure = Standard (on ground station)
| platform = 4
| tracks = 12
| entrances =
| parking = Yes
| opened = 1906;115 years ago
| closed =
| rebuilt = 2007;12 years ago
| electrified = No
|services={{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}
{{s-line|system=Indian Railways|next= Pamban |line=Southern Railway zone|branch= [[Manamadurai–Rameswaram branch line]] |rows1=1}}
| ADA = {{Access icon|20px}}
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = RMM
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]
| division = {{abbrlink|MDU|Madurai railway division}}
|sub division = {{abbrlink|RMD|Ramanathapuram railway division}}
}}
| owned = Indian Railways
| operator = Southern Railway
| status = Functioning
| former =
| passengers =
| pass_year =
| pass_percent =
| pass_system =
| map_locator =
| route_map = {{Madurai–Rameswaram line}}
}}

'''Rameswaram railway station''' is a railway station serving the town of [[Rameswaram]] located on the Rameswaram Island in the [[Ramnad district]] of [[Tamil Nadu]]. It is belongs to the [[Madurai railway division]] and is an important terminal of the [[Southern Railway zone]].<ref name="map">{{cite web|title=Madurai Division System Map|url=http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1381729275720-Wttmdu.31.12.pdf|website=Southern Railway|access-date=14 May 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160108192724/http://www.sr.indianrailways.gov.in/uploads/files/1381729275720-Wttmdu.31.12.pdf|archive-date=8 January 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The station links the pilgrim town as well as the rest of the island to the mainland via the highly acclaimed [[Pamban Bridge|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.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}} 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.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* {{IndiaRailInfo|1507}}

{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Ramanathapuram district]]
[[Category:Madurai railway division]]
[[Category:Rameswaram]]
[[Category:Railway terminus in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Rameswaram]]

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Rameswaram railway station - Revision history

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