Sivaganga railway station

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

History
History of this station goes back to British Rule. This station served as a Terminal Railway Station of Manamadurai - Sivagangai Branch Line. Later new railway line was built between Trichinopoly (now Tiruchirappalli) to Pudukkottai for goods transport. In order to establish a direct rail link in-between Sivagangai to Tiruchirappalli railway line was established via Karaikudi. Later Aranthangi Tiruvarur line was extended until Karaikudi from Aranthangi in order ease movement of goods to Nagapattinam Port. So it made Karaikudi as a Junction. Sivagangai is the oldest stations in Tiruchirappalli Manamadurai Section.

Location and layout
The Sivaganga railway station is located at the outskirt of Sivagangai town. The train station falls on the Manamadurai–Karaikudi broad-gauge line.

Performance and earnings
For the FY 2022–23, the annual earnings of the station was inr 38610816 and daily earnings was inr 105783. For the same financial year, the annual passenger count was 349,352 and daily count was 957. While, the footfall per day was recorded as 1,839.