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{{Infobox station
| name = Mahesana Junction
| type = [[Indian Railways]] station
| style = Indian Railways
| image = Mahesana Mehsana New Railway Station MSH.jpg
| image_caption = New railway station of Mehsana
| address = [[Mehsana]], [[Mehsana District]], [[Gujarat]]
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|23.603306|72.388366|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| elevation = {{convert|95|m|ft}}
| line = [[Jaipur–Ahmedabad line]]<br/>[[Viramgam–Mahesana section]]<br/>Mahesana–Taranga Hill line (under gauge conversion and extension)<br/>[[Mahesana–Patan-Bhildi line]]
| structure = Standard on ground
| platform = 6
| tracks = 8
| parking = Yes
| bicycle = No
| opened = 1881
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified =
| ADA =
| code = {{Indian railway code
| code = MSH
| division = Ahmedabad
}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]
| status = Functioning (WiFi enabled)
| former =
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| map_type = India#India Gujarat
| map_dot_label = Mahesana Junction railway station
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'''Mahesana Junction railway station''' (also spelt Mehsana unofficially) is located in [[Mehsana district]] in the Indian state of [[Gujarat]]. It serves the city of [[Mehsana]].

==About the station==

Mahesana Junction railway station is at an elevation of {{convert|95|m|ft}} and is assigned the code MSH.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/mahesana-junction-msh/135 |title= Arrivals at MSH/Mehsana Junction|publisher=India Rail Info| access-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> It has 6 platforms and 2 siding tracks. It is connected to rail by four lines that are Ahmedabad–Jaipur line, Mahesana–Taranga Hill line, Mahesana–Patan line, Mahesana–Viramgam line.

==History==
Rajputana State Railway extended the [[metre-gauge]] Delhi–Ajmer line to Ahmedabad in 1881.<ref name=irfcaii>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history2.html |title= IR History: Early Days II (1870–1899)| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> The Khodiyar–Mahesana sector was converted to {{track gauge|1676mm}}-wide [[Indian gauge|broad gauge]] in 1995 and the Mahesana–Palanpur section was converted in 1997, which along with the conversion of the Ajmer–Palanpur section, completed the conversion of the entire [[Jaipur–Ahmedabad line]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history6.html |title= IR History: Part VI (1995–1999)| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> [[Viramgam–Mahesana section]] was re-opened in 2005, after gauge conversion to {{track gauge|1676mm}}-wide [[Indian gauge|broad gauge]].<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.irfca.org/faq/faq-history7.html |title= IR History: Part VII (2000–present)| publisher=IRFCA| access-date=27 April 2014}}</ref> Mahesana–Taranga Hill line is under gauge conversion to {{track gauge|1676mm}}-wide [[Indian gauge|broad gauge]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2017/dec/12/gujarat-polls-in-narendra-modis-vadnagar-a-trackless-station-and-lack-of-jobs-1725247.html|title=Gujarat polls: In Narendra Modi's Vadnagar, a trackless station and lack of jobs|work=The New Indian Express|access-date=2018-04-25}}</ref> A new railway station on the west side of tracks was built in 2019.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://indiarailinfo.com/arrivals/mahesana-junction-msh/135 Trains at Mahesana]

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{{Railway stations in Gujarat}}

[[Category:Railway stations in Mahesana district]]
[[Category:Ahmedabad railway division]]
[[Category:Railway junction stations in Gujarat]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1881]]
[[Category:1881 establishments in India]]
[[Category:Transport in Mehsana]]

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