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{{Infobox station
| name = Bodinayakkanur
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image =
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = Railway Station Rd, Suburaj Nagar, [[Bodinayakkanur]], [[Theni district]], [[Tamil Nadu]]
| country = India
| line = Madurai–Bodinayakkanur branch line
| coordinates = {{coord|10.0109|N|77.3460|E|type:railwaystation_region:IN|display=inline,title}}
| owned = Indian Railways
| operator = [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railway]]
| elevation = {{convert|348|m}}
| structure = Standard (on-ground station)
| platform = 1 (until 2010)
| tracks = 2
| entrances =
| parking =
| baggage_check =
| status = Closed (line under gauge conversion)
| ADA = {{Accessicon|20px}}
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = BDNK
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railway]]
| division = {{rwd|Madurai}}
}}
| zone = [[Southern Railway zone|Southern Railway]]
| opened = {{Start date|1909|df=y}}
| closed = 1915–1928 <br/> 1942–1954 <br/> 2011 – Under construction till date
| rebuilt = Expected in September 2021
| electrified = No
| services = {{s-rail|title=Indian Railways}}
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| previous = Boothipuram Halt
| next =
| line = Madurai–Bodinayakkanur branch line
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| rows1 = 1
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| route_map = {{Madurai–Bodinayakkanur branch line}}
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| map_dot_label = Bodinayakkanur railway station
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'''Bodinayakkanur railway station''' is a railway station on [[Madurai–Bodinayakkanur branch line]], serving the town of [[Bodinayakkanur]] in [[Tamil Nadu]] state, India. Currently it is closed, as the line is under gauge conversion, from metre to broad gauge.

The station is part of the Madurai railway division of the [[Southern Railway zone]] and connects the city to various parts of the state as well as the rest of the country.

It is one of the rare railway stations in India where all the historic Indian gauges – 610mm, 762mm, 1000mm – are used. Currently it is being converted to 1676mm broad gauge.It is 7 Km from The Mlechcha.

== Location and layout ==
The railway station is located off the Railway Station Road in Suburaj Nagar, Bodinayakkanur. The nearest bus depot is located in [[Bodinayakkanur]],7Km from The Mlechcha . while the nearest airport is [[Madurai Airport]], situated {{convert|87|km}} away in [[Madurai]].

== Lines ==
The station is the terminus of Madurai–Bodinayakkanur line. Currently it is under gauge conversion from metre gauge to broad gauge. The metre-gauge tracks have already been removed.

== History ==
Teni Junction railway station was inaugurated on 1909 as a Light railway line (610mm), later that line was closed due to World War I in 1915. Later Bodinayakkanur railway station was inaugurated together with the Madurai–Bodinayakkanur 90 km branch line in {{Start date|1928|11|20|df=y}} as narrow-gauge railway (762mm) by the Madras Provincial revenue member [[Norman Marjoribanks]].<ref name="dinamalarId=156693">{{cite web |url= https://www.dinamalar.com/News_Detail.asp?Id=156693 |title=மதுரை -போடி ரயில் போக்குவரத்து இன்றுடன் நிறுத்தம் |trans-title= Madurai–Bodi rail transport to stop today | language= ta |location=Madurai |website=[[Dinamalar]] |date= 2010-12-31|access-date= 2020-01-25}}</ref> Later in 1942, during the Second World War, the line was closed and the tracks were removed. After [[Independence of India|India's Independence]], between 1953 and 1954, the track was restored.<ref name="hindu-article15184253">{{cite web |url= https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-tamilnadu/Metre-gauge-to-become-history/article15184253.ece |title=Metre gauge to become history |author=S. Vijay Kumar |language= ta |location=Madurai |website=[[The Hindu]] |date= 2008-03-14|access-date= 2020-01-25}}</ref>

The Madurai–Bodinayakkanur line was sanctioned for [[gauge conversion]], from [[metre-gauge railway|metre-gauge]] ({{track gauge|1000mm|lk=on}}) to [[broad-gauge railway|broad-gauge]] ({{track gauge|1676mm|lk=on}}). It was closed on 1 January 2011,<ref name="dinamalarId=156693"/> expecting to reopen it by 2012,<ref name="hindu-article15184253"/> but due to lack of funds, the project advanced at very slow pace. Finally, on 23 January 2020, the first stretch between {{stnlnk|Madurai Junction}} and Usilampatti (37 km) was inaugurated, after passing the inspection of the [[Commission of Railway Safety]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://twitter.com/drmmadurai/status/1220292171699408896 |title= Commissioner of Railway Safety, Southern Circle inspecting the newly laid Madurai-Usilampatti Broad Gauge section today - 23.01.2020 @RailMinIndia @GMSRailway |location=Madurai |via=[[Twitter]] |date= 2020-01-23|access-date= 2020-01-24}}</ref> The remaining 53 km Usilampatti–Bodinayakkanur section is expected to reopen in April 2020.<ref name="hindutamil"/><ref name="timesofindia"/>

During 1909 a narrow-gauge railway line existed between Kodaikanal Road railway station to Kumily Lower Camp via Nilakottai, Periyakulam, Theni, Cumbum. It had several branch lines in-between Periyakulam to Kodaikanal foothills and theni to Kottagudi. Near Kottagudi, the [[Kundala Valley Railway]] line's Topslip railway station is present at a distance of 5 km. This railway line had been closed due to World War I as well as due to poor patronage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mysteries of a Defunct Ropeway|url=https://www.irfca.org/articles/defunct-ropeway.html|access-date=2021-01-08|publisher=IRFCA}}</ref>

The current railway line alignment between Theni railway station to Bodinayakkanur railway station follows the same alignment of the old railway line alignment which is existed during 1910 between Theni to Kottagudi branch railway line. The new railway line is constructed from Theni to {{stnlnk|Madurai Junction}} later in 1928 as Madurai – Bodinayakkanur branch line, now this line is exist and is currently under gauge conversion from [[metre-gauge railway|metre gauge]] to [[broad-gauge railway|broad gauge]]. The old railway line from {{stnlnk|Kodaikanal Road}} to Kumily is dismantled due to World War I as well as poor patronage.<ref>{{Cite web|title=1909 Imperial Gazette Railways of India|url=https://wiki.fibis.org/images/0/08/South_Indian_Railway_1909.png}}</ref>

== Services ==
As of January 2020, there are no train services. According to the Madurai [[Lok Sabha Member of parliament|Member of the Parliament]], [[S. Venkatesan]], the train will run to {{stnlnk|Usilampatti}} by the end of February 2020, and by April, up to the terminus at Bodinayakkanur, when is expected to complete the gauge conversion works on the branch line.<ref name="hindutamil">{{cite web |url= https://www.hindutamil.in/news/tamilnadu/535925-madurai-usilampatti-train-service-mp-su-venkatesan-raises-concern.html |title= மதுரை – உசிலம்பட்டி ரயில் சேவை தொடங்குவது எப்போது?: சு.வெங்கடேசன் எம்.பி கேள்விக்கு கோட்ட மேலாளர் பதில்|trans-title= Madurai-Usilampatti rail service to start?: Divisional Manager answers to MP S. Venkatesan question |language= ta |location=Madurai |website=[[The Hindu (Tamil)]] |date= 2020-01-21|access-date= 2020-01-24}}</ref><ref name="timesofindia">{{cite web |url= https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/madurai/speed-trials-held-on-converted-railway-line-to-usilampatti/articleshow/73594814.cms |title= Speed trials held on converted railway line to Usilampatti |location=Madurai |website=[[The Times of India]] |date= 2020-01-24|access-date= 2020-01-25}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==
* {{IndiaRailInfo | 4797|Bodinayakkanur}}

{{Railway stations in Tamil Nadu|state=expanded}}

[[Category:Madurai railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Theni district]]
[[Category:Railway terminus in India]]

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