Dhanushkodi railway station is an abandoned railway station in Tamil Nadu, India. It was abandoned during the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone.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.
Location : India
Coordinates : 9.1793°N 79.4157°E
Owned by : Indian Railways
Operated by : Madurai railway division
Line(s) : Manamadurai–Rameswaram branch line
Platforms : 2
Tracks : 3
Structure type : on ground station
Fare zone : Southern Railway
Closed : 23 December 1964
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