Sholavandan railway station

Sholavandan railway station (station code: SDN) is an NSG–5 category Indian railway station in Madurai railway division of Southern Railway zone. It serves Sholavandan, located in Madurai district of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.

Location and layout
Sholavandan is located on the left bank of the Vaigai River, sixteen miles north-west of Madurai. Sholavandan railway station is a stop for all passenger trains on the Madurai–Bangalore Express and the Nellai Express. It follows Samayanallur station on the route to Dindigul from Madurai.

Lines
The station has two intersecting lines: The BG single line towards the north via Chennai and Bangalore and the BG single line towards the south via Madurai and Kanyakumari.

Performance and earnings
For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was inr 11994331 and daily earnings was inr 32861. For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 200,936 and daily count was 551. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 867.

Projects and development
It is one of the 73 stations in Tamil Nadu to be named for upgradation under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme of Indian Railways.