Elevation 95 metres (312 ft) Opened 1881 | Owned by Indian Railways Tracks 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) Phone 099203 08373 | |
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Line(s) Similar Palanpur Junction railway st, Abu Road railway station, Luni Junction railway st, Marwar Junction railway st, Falna railway station | ||
Mahesana railway station (also spelt Mehsana unofficially) is located in Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat . It serves Mehsana.
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The railway station
Mahesana railway station is at an elevation of 95 metres (312 ft) and was assigned the code – MSH.
History
Rajputana State Railway extended the 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge Delhi-Ajmer line to Ahmedabad in 1881. The Khodiyar-Mahesana sector was converted to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide 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. Viramgam-Mahesana section was re-opened in 2005, after gauge conversion from 1,000 mm (3 ft 3 3⁄8 in) wide metre gauge to 1,676 mm (5 ft 6 in) wide broad gauge.