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|route= [[Viramgam]]-[[Mehsana]]-[[Taranga Hill]]<br>[[Kakosi]] extension<br>[[Harij]] branch<br>[[Bechraji]] extension

|timeline1date= 1897 1887 Mar|timeline1details= [[Mehsana]]-[[VadnagerVadnagar]] section opened, extended to [[Kherain]],1888; [[Viramgam]],1891 and [[Taranga Hill]],1909

|timeline2details= [[Mehsana]]-[[Patan]] section opened; extended to [[Wagrod]],1915 and [[Kakosi]],1916

|timeline3details= [[Harji]] branch and [[Bechraji]] extension opened

|stations= [[Viramgam]], [[Mehsana]], [[VadnagerVadnagar]] etc

[[File:Gaekwar's Mehsana Railway.png |thumb|Gaekwar's Mehsana Railway]] The '''Gaekwar’s Mehsana Railway''' (GMR) 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).

<ref>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n35/mode/2up "Administration Report on the Railways in India – corrected up to 31st March 1918"; Superintendent of Government Printing, Calcutta; page 27-28]; Retrieved 3 Feb 20168 Jun 2019</ref><ref>"Indian railways new chronology" by Keith Scholey</ref> In 1904 the Vadnagar-Vijapur line was surveyed by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR) as a MG line but did not proceed. Instead the Baroda Durbar resurveyed the route on a different alignment entirely within Baroda territory. The 1906 Report states that “the line from either Visnager or Vadnagar to Vijapur was to be constructed at the expense of the the Gaekwar of Baroda” <ref name=Hist1906>[https://archive.org/stream/RailwayProjects/Railway%20projects#page/n0/mode/2up Histories of (Indian)Railway Projects ...up to June 1906, page 18]; Retrieved 8 Jun 2019</ref> In the event neither route was selected, instead the ‘[[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]]’ was constructed. ''See below, marked 8 on 1931 map''

From 1921 the network was worked by [[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]](GBSR)  ==GMR Network=='''Development as at 1918''' <ref name=Admin>[https://archive.org/stream/BombayBarodaAndCentralIndiaRailwaySystem/Bombay_Baroda_And_Central_India_Railway_System#page/n64/mode/1up “Administration Report on Railways 1918” page 55 (pdf64) ]; Retrieved 8 Jun 2019</ref> * ‘Mehsana-Taranga Hill Section’, from [[Mehsana]] to [[Vadnagar]] 21 miles opened 1887; extended to Kheralu 7 miles 1888; to Taranga Hill 8 miles 1909. Total 36 miles(58km). ''Marked 1 on map''* ‘Mehsana-Viramgam Section’, from [[Mehsana]] to [[Viramgam]] 40 miles(64km) opened 1891. ''Marked 2 on map'' * ‘Mehsana-Kakoshi Section’ from [[Mehsana]] to Patan 25 miles(40km), opened 1891; extended to Vagrod 15 miles 1915; to Kakoshi 10 miles 1916. Total 50miles(80km). ''Marked 3 on map''* ‘Harij Branch’ from Manund Road to Harij 21 miles(34km) opened 1908. ''Marked 4 on map'' * ‘Bechargi Extension’ from Chanama to Bechraji 17 miles(27km) opened 1908. ''Marked 5 on map'' * ‘Vagrod-Khareda Branch’ from Vagrod to Khareda 12 miles(19km), sanctioned 1913. ''Marked 6 on 1931 map, but opening date not found and not seen on modern maps''* ‘Khalipur to Khakhal Proposal’ 7 miles(11km), sanctioned 1913. ''Line apparently not constructed . '' ''''Developments after 1918''' <ref>"Indian railways new chronology" by Keith Scholey</ref><br>The following MG railway, also owned by the Baroda Durbar, was connected to the GMR by 1921, and worked by the [[Bombay, Baroda and Central India Railway]](BB&CIR). <br>This line together with the GMR was transferred to the newly formed ‘[[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway]]’(GBSR) in 1921:- * ‘[[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway]]’, 41 miles(65km) MG; owned by the [[Princely states|Princely ]] [[Baroda State]]; opened 1902-3 from [[Vijapur]] to [[Kadi ]] and extended by a further 5 miles(8km) in 1928 1912 to‘ Bhoyani Road- and extended a further 26 21 miles(42km34km) were addedto reach [[Bechraji ]] before 1921 where it connected to the GMR. ''Marked 7 and 8 on map.'' [[Vijapur-Kalol-Kadi Railway|''- see separate page'']] =Further Information==See '''[[Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway Network - Lines owned and worked|BB&CIR Network - Lines owned and worked]]''' for period up to 1921<br>and '''[[Gaekwar's Baroda State Railway# GBSR Metre Gauge System]] from 1921 onwards