Dhanushkodi railway station is an abandoned railway station in

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, India. It was abandoned during the

1964 Rameswaram cyclone The 1964 Rameswaram cyclone (also known as the Dhanushkodi cyclone) was regarded as one of the most powerful storms to ever strike India on record. The system was first identified as an area of low pressure over the Andaman Sea on December 15. ...

. 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.

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Railway stations in Ramanathapuram district Defunct railway stations in India Railway stations closed in 1964 Transport in Rameswaram Madurai railway division {{TamilNadu-railstation-stub