Kota Junction railway station is major railway junction on the West Central railway network of India which serves Kota in

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. It is the headquarters of

Kota railway division Kota railway division is one of the three railway divisions under West Central Railway zone of Indian Railways. This railway division was formed on 1 April 1952 and its headquarters are located at Kota in the state of Rajasthan of India. Jabal ...

of West Central Railway zone.

Background

Kota is an important station on the

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and has direct connectivity with all major cities in the country. More than 220 trains make a halt at the station. Many important trains originate from Kota including Patna–Kota Express, Kota-Hazrat Nizamuddin Jan Shatabdi Express, Kota-Hisar Express, Kota- Dehradun

Nanda Devi Express The 12401 / 12402 Nanda Devi AC Express train belonging to Indian Railways that runs between & in India. It is a daily service. It operates as train number 12401 from Kota Junction to Dehradun and as train number 12402 in the reverse directio ...

, Kota-Shree Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express,

Damoh–Kota Passenger The Damoh–Kota Passenger is a daily passenger train service offered by West Central Railway. It runs between Damoh Junction railway station of Damoh City, Madhya Pradesh and Kota Junction Railway Station in Rajasthan, India. Arrival and dep ...

Indore–Kota Intercity Express The 22983/22984 Indore–Kota Intercity Express is a daily intercity superfast express train which runs between of Madhya Pradesh and of Rajasthan. Coach composition The train consists of 15 coaches : * 1 AC Chair Car * 4 2nd Seating * ...

and

Kota–Shri Ganganagar Superfast Express The 22981/22982 Kota - Shri Ganganagar Superfast Express is a superfast train belonging to West Central Railway zone that runs between Kota Junction and Shri Ganganagar Junction in India. It is currently being operated with 22981/22982 train ...

. Kota city is also served by another railway station called Dakaniya Talav station located in opposite of Rajeev Gandhi Nagar in southern part of the city.

Electrification

The Kanwalpura–Kota and Gurla–Kota sections were electrified in the financial year of 1987–88 under

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Passenger movement

Kota is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway.

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* Railway stations in Kota district Railway junction stations in Rajasthan Kota railway division Transport in Kota, Rajasthan {{Rajasthan-railstation-stub