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{{Line Railways Infobox
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|route= [[Viramgam]]-[[Mehsana]]-[[Taranga Hill]]<br>[[Kakosi]] extension<br>[[Harij]] branch<br>[[Bechraji]] extension
|gauge1= Metre gauge
|gauge1details= 162 miles (1918)<br> 193 miles (1921)
|gauge2=
|gauge2details=
|gauge3=
|gauge3details=
|gauge4=
|gauge4details=
|timeline1date= 1897 Mar
|timeline1details= [[Mehsana]]-[[Vadnager]] section opened, extended to [[Kherain]],1888; [[Viramgam]],1891 and [[Taranga Hill]],1909
|timeline2date= 1891 Jul
|timeline2details= [[Mehsana]]-[[Patan]] section opened; extended to [[Wagrod]],1915 and [[Kakosi]],1916
|timeline3date= 1908 Oct
|timeline3details= [[Harji]] branch and [[Bechraji]] extension opened
|timeline4date= after 1918
|timeline4details= further extensions
|timeline5details=
|presidency= [[Bombay (Presidency)|Bombay]]
|stations= [[Viramgam]], [[Mehsana]], [[Vadnager]] etc
|system1date= 1897
|system1details= Worked by [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]]
|system2date= 1921
|system2details= Worked by [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]]
|system3date=
|system3details=
}}
The '''Gaekwar’s Mehsana Railway''' was owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]][[Baroda State]]. The metre gauge([[Rail_gauge_#Metre_Gauge|MG]]) railway first opened in 1887 with the line from [[Mehsana]] to [[Vadnagar]] a distance of 21 miles (34km).
