Mahesana Junction railway station (also spelt Mehsana unofficially) is located in Mehsana, Mehsana district in the Indian state of Gujarat. It serves the city of Mehsana.
Rajputana State Railway extended the metre-gauge DelhiâÂÂAjmer line to Ahmedabad in 1881. In 1880, the Government of Bombay addressed His Highnessâ Government of Baroda State for the construction of feeder lines in Kadi after the completion of Dabhoi Railway. In Kadi, a network of railway line was spread out.
The Government of Bombay and the government of Baroda State opened the MehsanaâÂÂViramgam metre gauge line in 1891. ViramgamâÂÂMahesana gauge conversion started in 1991. It was re-opened in 2005, after gauge conversion to broad gauge.
The MehsanaâÂÂTaranga Hill metre-gauge line was opened for traffic from 1887 to 1909. The line went under gauge conversion to broad gauge from 2016 to 2020. MehsanaâÂÂVadnagar section was commissioned in September 2019 while VadnagarâÂÂVaretha section was commissioned in October 2020; completing the project. Taranga HillâÂÂAmbajiâÂÂAbu Road line is under construction.
The MehsanaâÂÂPatan metre gauge line was opened on 20 July 1891 and was extended to Wagrod and Kakoshi in 1915 and 1916 respectively. The Manund RoadâÂÂHarij branch metre gauge line as well as Chanasma-Bechraji metre gauge line were opened in 1908.
The KhodiyarâÂÂMahesana sector was converted to broad gauge in 1995 and the MahesanaâÂÂPalanpur section was converted in 1997, which along with the conversion of the AjmerâÂÂPalanpur section, completed the conversion of the entire JaipurâÂÂAhmedabad line.
Mahesana Junction railway station is at an elevation of and is assigned the code MSH. It has 8 platforms and 3 siding tracks and total 11 tracks. It is railway junction of four lines that are AhmedabadâÂÂDelhi line, MahesanaâÂÂTaranga Hill line, MahesanaâÂÂPatan line, MahesanaâÂÂViramgam line.
The station has main entry gate on west and another gate on east. The old station was built in 1954 and was demolished when the new station serving the west side was opened on 26 February 2024. Total was allotted in 2024 for constructing new passenger facilities on the eastern side. The station was redeveloped under Amrit Bharat Station Scheme (ABSS) in 2025-26.
As of 2025, 38 Superfast, 23 Mail/Express, and 10 Local trains stop everyday at the station while 6 trains depart from the station.
The station used by around 12,000 passengers every day.