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	\| opened = 21 March 1887<ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.boomlive.in/did-vadnagar-railway-station-where-pm-modi-sold-tea-exist-before-1973/\|title = Did Vadnagar Railway Station Where PM Modi Sold Tea Exist Before 1973?\|date = 17 October 2017}}</ref>		\| opened = 21 March 1887 (as [[metre-gauge]], converted to Broad Gauge in 2019) <ref name="auto">{{Cite web\|url=https://www.boomlive.in/did-vadnagar-railway-station-where-pm-modi-sold-tea-exist-before-1973/\|title = Did Vadnagar Railway Station Where PM Modi Sold Tea Exist Before 1973?\|date = 17 October 2017}}</ref>
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	== History ==		== History ==

	In ~~2021~~, the Government of [[Bombay]] addressed His Highness’ 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, sanctioned the Mehsana–Viramgam line in 1889. The Mehsana–Taranga Hill [[metre-gauge]] line was opened for traffic from 1887 to 1909. The line is 57 km. in length. The Mehsana–Vadnagar section was opened to traffic on 21 March 1887, Vadnagar–Kheralu section was opened on 12 Dec 1888 and Kheralu–Taranga Hill section was opened on 20 Aug ~~2021~~.<ref name="auto"/>		In 1881, the Government of [[Bombay]] addressed His Highness’ 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, sanctioned the Mehsana–Viramgam line in 1889. The Mehsana–Taranga Hill [[metre-gauge]] line was opened for traffic from 1887 to 1909. The line is 57 km. in length. The Mehsana–Vadnagar section was opened to traffic on 21 March 1887, Vadnagar–Kheralu section was opened on 12 Dec 1888 and Kheralu–Taranga Hill section was opened on 20 Aug 1909.<ref name="auto"/>

	The [[Viramgam–Mahesana section]] was converted to {{Track gauge\|5ft6in\|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2005.<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> The Mehsana–Vadnagar section was converted to broad gauge in July 2019. The Vadnagar–Taranga Hill section is under conversion as of 2020. The Mehsana–Vadnagar section was electrified with [[25 kV AC railway electrification\|25 kV AC]] in Jan 2020. The electrification of Vadnagar–Taranga Hill section is under progress as of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/railway-electrification-work-in-pms-hometown-done-in-8-months-6241860/\|title = Railway electrification work in PM's hometown done in 8 months\|date = 30 January 2020}}</ref> The railway line is also planned to be extended up to [[Abu Road railway station]] in neighbouring [[Rajasthan]], connecting to Ahmedabad–Delhi railway line.		The [[Viramgam–Mahesana section]] was converted to {{Track gauge\|5ft6in\|lk=on}} [[broad gauge]] in 2005.<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> The Mehsana–Vadnagar section was converted to broad gauge in July 2019. The Vadnagar–Taranga Hill section is under conversion as of 2020. The Mehsana–Vadnagar section was electrified with [[25 kV AC railway electrification\|25 kV AC]] in Jan 2020. The electrification of Vadnagar–Taranga Hill section is under progress as of 2020.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/railway-electrification-work-in-pms-hometown-done-in-8-months-6241860/\|title = Railway electrification work in PM's hometown done in 8 months\|date = 30 January 2020}}</ref> The railway line is also planned to be extended up to [[Abu Road railway station]] in neighbouring [[Rajasthan]], connecting to Ahmedabad–Delhi railway line.
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| address = [[Vadnagar]], Gujarat
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| elevation = {{convert|156|m|ft}}
| owned = [[Indian Railways]]
| operator = [[Western Railway zone|Western Railway]]
| line = Mahesana–Taranga Hill line
| platform = 2
| tracks = 4
| other = Auto stand
| structure = Standard (on ground station)
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| division = [[Ahmedabad railway division]]
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'''Vadnagar Railway Station''' is a railway station in [[Mehsana district]], Gujarat. Its code is '''VDG'''. It serves [[Vadnagar]] town. The station consists of two platforms that was completed in 1963 December.

In the year 1880, the Government of Bombay addressed His Highness’ Government for the construction of feeder lines in Kadi after the completion of Dabhoi Railway. The Government of India sanctioned Mehsana Viramgam line in 1889. In Kadi, a network of railway line was spread out. The Mehsana–Taranga Hill metre-gauge line was opened for traffic from 1887 to 1909. In 1887, Mehsana Taranga line was opened. The line was 57 km. in length. In 1887, a survey was carried out for the extension on Kheralu branch on Vijapur. Mehsana Vadnagar line was opened to traffic in 1887 and Vadnagar to Kheralu and Kheralu to Taranga Hill was opened in 1909. On Mehsana–Taranga line there were nearly nine stations.

It also states that Mehasana Badnagar train starts from 21 March 1887, with only 1 train operating the whole day. It was a goods train with 2 halts and no junction linkages.

==References==
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*http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/59850/8/08_chapter%204.pdf
*https://abn397.wordpress.com/2015/01/25/the-real-and-the-false-modinagar/

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{{Railway stations in Gujarat}}[http://shodhganga.inflibnet.ac.in/bitstream/10603/59850/8/08_chapter%204.pdf]
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[[Category:Railway stations in Mahesana district]]
[[Category:Ahmedabad railway division]]
[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1887]]

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