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{{Infobox station
| name = Manamadurai Junction
| type = Railway junction
| style = Indian Railways
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| address = Town Road,Manamadurai Junction, [[Manamadurai]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| borough = Madurai Subdivision
| country = India
| coordinates = 
| map_type = India#India Tamil Nadu
| elevation = {{Convert|100|m}}
| line = {{unbulleted list|[[Manamadurai–Rameswaram branch line]]|Manamadurai–Virudunagar line|Manamadurai–Madurai line|Manamadurai–Tiruchirappalli line}}
| other = [[Bus stand]], [[Taxicab stand]], [[Auto rickshaw]] stand
| structure = Standard (on ground station)
| platform = 5
| tracks = 6
| parking = Yes
| opened = {{start date and age|1902}}
| closed = 
| rebuilt = {{start date and age|2007}}
| electrified = Under progress
| ADA = Yes
| code = {{Indian railway code
  | code = MNM
  | zone = [[Southern Railway zone]]
  | division = {{rwd|Madurai}}
  }}
| zone = Madurai Railway Zone
| owned = Indian Railways
| operator = Southern Railways
| status = Functioning
| former = 
| pass_year = 
| pass_percent = 
| services = *Passenger Trains
*Express Trains
*Superfast Express
* Freight(goods) Trains
| pass_system = 
| map_locator = 
| route_map = {{Madurai–Rameswaram line}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Manamadurai Junction railway station''' serves in the city of [[Manamadurai]] in [[Tamil Nadu]]. It belongs to [[Madurai railway division]].<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}}</ref>

The Manamadurai Junction has branches leading to [[Madurai Junction railway station|Madurai]], [[Virudhunagar Junction railway station|Virudhunagar]], [[Karaikkudi Junction railway station|Karaikudi]] and [[Rameswaram railway station|Rameswaram]]. It is a main railway junction, so all express trains should have to make a technical halt at this junction.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Reporter|first=Staff|date=2016-11-11|title=Nagercoil-Coimbatore passenger to be diverted|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Madurai/Nagercoil-Coimbatore-passenger-to-be-diverted/article16320402.ece|access-date=2021-11-09|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

Manamadurai Junction, station code MNM, is a railway station in [[Sivaganga district]] of the Indian state of [[Tamil Nadu]], India. It is one of the major railway junctions of this district. It is under the administrative control of the [[Madurai railway division|Madurai Division]] of the [[Southern Railway zone]] of the [[Indian Railways]]. Track is under electrification process<ref>{{Cite web|last=Aug 16|first=TNN /|last2=2021|last3=Ist|first3=04:11|title=3 sections will be doubled, 6 electrified: Madurai DRM {{!}} Madurai News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/3-sections-will-be-doubled-6-electrified-madurai-drm/articleshow/85354823.cms|access-date=2021-11-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>. It works under diesel [[Broad-gauge railway|Broad Gauge]]. It acts as the source station for Mannargudi - Tiruchirappalli - Manamadurai DEMU passenger<ref>{{Cite web|last=karthik|title=76807/Tiruchchirappalli - Manamadurai DEMU - Tiruchchirappalli to Manamadurai SR/Southern Zone - Railway Enquiry|url=https://indiarailinfo.com/train/-train-tiruchchirappalli-manamadurai-demu-76807/18467/787/1511|access-date=2021-11-09|website=indiarailinfo.com}}</ref>. Once upon a time, it acted as source station for [[Silambu Express]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Mar 5|first=TNN /|last2=2017|last3=Ist|first3=10:32|title=Finally, Silambu Express to go up to Sengottai {{!}} Madurai News - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/finally-silambu-express-to-go-up-to-sengottai/articleshow/57471618.cms|access-date=2021-11-09|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref> During meter gauge era, it acted as a source station for [[Tirunelveli Junction railway station|Tirunelveli]] Manamadurai Express.<ref>{{Cite web|title=[IRFCA] Old Train Numbers|url=https://www.irfca.org/docs/old-numbers.html|access-date=2021-11-09|website=www.irfca.org}}</ref>

Railway junction has five platforms, usually crowded in the morning and night.{{original research inline|date=February 2019}} Connects with [[Tirunelveli Junction railway station|Tirunelveli]], [[Tiruchirappalli Junction railway station|Tiruchirapalli]], [[Chennai Egmore railway station|Chennai]], and [[Madurai Junction railway station|Madurai]]. Clean waiting hall, food, and parking space available. Nearby bus stand is well connected with Madurai Rameswaram Bypass. The famous Adam Hotel in front of station.{{citation needed|date=February 2019}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in Sivaganga district]]
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