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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.
Remains of Dhanushkodi railway station. The National Highway completed the 9.5-km-long road – 5 km from Mukuntharayar Chathiram to Dhanushkodi and 4.5 km from Dhanushkodi to Arichamunai. [3] Until 2016, Dhanushkodi was reachable either on foot along the seashore or in jeeps. [4] In 2016, a road was completed from the village of Mukundarayar ...
At least 800 people were killed in Dhanushkodi alone. [10] The ruins of Dhanushkodi Railway Station. Four radio operators remained in Dhanuskodi and risked their lives to continue broadcasting during the storm. Two railway employees patrolling the Pamban Bridge survived by clinging to the bridge frame for 12 hours. The Indian Government later ...
Pages in category "Defunct railway stations in India" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total. ... Dhanushkodi railway station; E.
The ferry service to connect the railheads at Talaimannar and Dhanushkodi lasted until the 1960s, when a cyclone destroyed the pier and rail line at Dhanushkodi. The Mannar line was not affected. The ferry service resumed with a new Indian terminus at Rameshwaram .
An aerial view of Dhanushkodi, at the tip of Rameswaram Rameswaram has an average elevation of 10 m (33 ft). The island is spread across an area of 61.8 km 2 (23.9 sq mi) and is in the shape of a conch. 74% of the area has sandy soil due to the presence of sea and it has many islands surrounding it, the Palk Strait in the north west and Gulf of ...
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.
The Madras Railway laid the metre gauge lines viz. Manamadurai–Mandapam line in 1902, Mandapam–Pamban line in 1914, Pamban–Rameswaram line in 1906 and Pamban–Dhanushkodi line in 1908. [2] During 1964 Rameshwaram Cyclone, the Pamban–Dhanushkodi section was completely damaged and was dismantled afterwards and was never rebuilt by Indian ...