Sengottai Railway Station is under the administrative control of the Southern Railways. The station is on the Kollam-Sivakasi rail route. Tirunelveli-Kollam Express and Tiruchirapalli-Virudhunagar Express pass through this station. Computerized reservation facility provided. To the west is Punalur Railway Station, the main station next to Sengottai. Tenkasi Junction Railway Station is the nearest railhead to the east of Sengottai.