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.jpg) Manamadurai Junction Platform Number 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Railway Colony, Manamadurai west,Manamadurai,Sivagangai district,Tamil Nadu. India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 100 metres (330 ft) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| System |  Indian Railways station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | Southern Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lines |
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| Platforms | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Train operators | Indian Railways | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bus stands | Manamadurai Bus stand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Connections | Bus stand,Taxicab stand,Auto rickshaw stand | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Structure type | At grade | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Accessible | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Architectural style | Standard Indian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status | Functioning | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Station code | MNM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Zone(s) | Southern Railway zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Division(s) | Madurai
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| Fare zone | Madurai Subdivision | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1902; 123 years ago (1902) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 2007; 18 years ago (2007) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Electrified | Yes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Passengers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022–23 | 388,500 (per year) 1,064 (per day) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Manamadurai Junction railway station (station code: MNM) is an NSG–5 categoryIndian railway junction station inMadurai railway division ofSouthern Railway zone.[1] It serves the city ofManamadurai, located inSivaganga district of theIndian state ofTamil Nadu.[2] It is the one among the two major railway junctions inSivaganga district and the other major one isKaraikudi Junction. Manamadurai junction is the only four branched junction in the district. It has totally 5 platforms, in which only 3 are functioning and last two are used for docking unscheduled and freight trains.
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This station was constructed as a part of the Madurai Rameswaram Branch Railway line, built inColonial India in 1902. This line was mainly constructed to connect theIndian province withCeylon Province. Later, after the annexation ofSivagangai Estate, a 20 km branch line was constructed betweenManamadurai andSivaganga which converted this station into a railway junction and became the first junction in theRamnad region. Pamban became a junction when a 17 km branch line was built between Pamban andDhanushkodi; after the1964 rameswaram cyclone, that branch line was closed. After India gained independence, a new railway line was constructed between Manamadurai andVirudhunagar under the rule ofKamaraj. This was the first railway line in Tamil Nadu to be built after Indian Independence.
Manamadurai Junction is located close to its district headquarters, Sivagangai, which is 20 km away; it is 50 km away from its railway divisional headquarters Madurai. This railway junction has 6 railway tracks and 5 platforms, usually crowded in the morning and night. It has the second-largest curve.[original research?]
The junction connects with some of the major Railheads likeTiruchirapalli,Virudhunagar,Karaikudi,Madurai andRameswaram. Its facilities include a clean waiting hall, food, large parking space,Railway Protection Force (RPF) police station, and Railway Hospital facilities within the station complex premise. A retiring room, railway canteen, and adequate restrooms are also available at this junction. The nearby bus stand is well connected with the Cochin - Rameswaram Interstate Corridor National Highway (NH45), which is also anAsian Highway Network which is numberedAH43, which gives round-the-clock bus connectivity to various places nearby.
There is also a goods terminal that generates huge revenue for the entire Madurai railway division. Mostly the goods handled here are loading and sendingcharcoal to various parts of India. The nearby SIDCO and SIPCOT (industrial complex area by the government of Tamil Nadu) also contribute considerable profit to this junction. Goods unloaded here include some civil supplies for the Sivagangai district where it is located and various raw materials for those industries present near Sivagangai and Manamadurai regions.[3][4]
The major lines of Manamadurai Junction are
For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was₹60,227,382 (US$710,000) and daily earnings was₹165,007 (US$2,000). For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 388,500 and daily count was 1,064. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 2,067.[2]
It is a major stopping for The following trains:
Some of the daily running trains include
All the long expresses and superfast expresses from other divisions of Indian Railways that run towards Rameswaram are docked in the non-functioning 4th and 5th platforms of Manamadurai junction for water filling and Rake maintenance. Trains like Ayodhya Rameswaram exp,Okha Rameswaram Exp, etc. make a technical dock at this station for water filling and rake maintenance. And also the station is home for 3 Track maintenance vehicles of Madurai Subdivision. Also theMadurai Junction–Bengaluru Cantonment Vande Bharat Express is docked here regularly due to insufficient place in Madurai Junction.
