We had a driver and the drive was very pleasant. The Pamban bridge has lovely views. We stayed at the Hyatt- very nice hotel. Rameshwaram itself was very crowded due to the large number of pilgrims and the traffics inside the town was pretty heavy. The drive to Dhanushkodi was interesting. I am sure the roads are now much better. First time, so I don’t have a comparison.

Long distance trains can be late by 1-2 hours. Hard to predict when a particular train will pass through. On the other hand, trains starting from Rameswaram will usually be on time. Beach Mail, linking Rameswaram and Chennai, enters Pamban Bridge at about 5:15 pm. The bridge is now in a poor condition. Hence the train crawls on the bridge at approximately 10 km/hour.

yes it passes over the bridge nkgupta new delhi india

I drove over. There are boats which can take you up & down for sure. that's a good idea to cross by boat, will try next time thanks .

You travel over Pamban bridge you have to go beyond Madurai. Instead you can take a train from Chennai egmore to Rameswaram . In the evening around 5PM there are two trains to Rameswasram from egmore

On the above said train there is no option. or else you have to plan a visit to Madurai Meenakshi Temple on Tuesday because on every wednesday there is a train with number - 06035 from Madurai to rameswaram starting at 08:15 and reaches 11:00 hrs. This train is only on Wednesday Or else on Thursday there is another train from madurai at 15:30 and reaches 19:30 at Rameshwaram. This train is only on Thursday. Or else try train number - 16779 from Madurai at 03:50 and reaches morning 07:35. THE BEST METHOD BUT ONLY NORMAL CLASS daily passenger service - at 06:50 from Madurai and reaches in rameshwaram at 10:30am.

It depends from where you want to board the train. But definitely all the trains whose destination is Rameswaram will cross Pamban Bridge.

All train going to rameshwarm cross through pamban bridge.