Kota Junction railway station

Kota Junction कोटा जंक्शन
Indian Railway station
Location	Bhimganj Mandi, Railway Colony Rd, Railway station area, Kota, Rajasthan
Coordinates
Elevation	256 metres (840 ft)
Owned by	Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Line(s)	New Delhi→Mumbai, Kota→Bina, Kota→Chanderia section
Platforms	5 ( 1, 1A, 2, 3 , 4)
Construction
Structure type	Standard on-ground station
Parking	Yes
Other information
Station code	KOTA
Fare zone	West Central railway, Kota railway division
Electrified	Yes

Kota Junction railway station is a railway station on the West Central railway network. It is the headquarters of Kota railway division of West Central Railway zone.

Kota is the only station in Rajasthan followed by Jaipur & Ajmer, connected to all the major cities of India. It is an important station on the Delhi-Mumbai (via Vadodara ) main line. There is a dedicated Jan Shatabdi that runs between Kota & Hazrat Nizamuddin. Another suburban station of South Kota city is Dakaniya Talav Railway station is second largest station in kota which has a stoppage of Bandra Terminus Gorakhpur Avadh Express, Dehradun Express and Ranthambore Express

A broad-gauge railway facility between Kota and Jodhpur via Jaipur exists. Kota is also an originating point for many trains like Kota–Damoh Passenger (Kota–Katni Passenger) connecting Kota to Damoh in Madhya Pradesh. The other includes, Kota–Vadodara Passenger, Kota–Hanumangarh Express, Kota–Ajmer, Kota–Jabalpur & Kota–Bina Passenger. Patna–Kota Express connects Kota and Patna cities via Agra, Kanpur, Lucknow and Varanasi.

Important trains

Some of the important trains that pass through Kota are :

• 12217/18 Kerala Sampark Kranti Express
• 12240 Jaipur Duronto Express
• 12431/32 Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express
• 12449/50 Goa Sampark Kranti Express
• 12904/03 Golden Temple Mail
• 12907/08 Maharashtra Sampark Kranti Express
• 12909/10 Bandra Garib Rath Express
• 12917/18 Gujarat Sampark Kranti Express
• 12925/26 Paschim Express
• 12951/52 Mumbai Rajdhani Express
• 12953/54 August Kranti Rajdhani Express
• 12955/56 Mumbai Jaipur Superfast Express
• 19019/20 Dehradun Express
• 19023/24 Firozpur Janata Express

Routes from Kota Junction

• Kota → Sawaimadhopur → Jaipur → Jodhpur
• Kota → Sawaimadhopur → Jaipur → Bikaner
• Kota → Sawaimadhopur → Jaipur → Ajmer
• Kota → Sawaimadhopur → Bayana → Agra Fort
• Kota → Sawaimadhopur → Bharatpur → Mathura → Delhi
• Kota → Chittaurgarh → Udaipur
• Kota → Chittaurgarh → Ajmer → Jaipur
• Kota → Chittaurgarh → Ratlam
• Kota → Nagda → Ujjain → Bhopal
• Kota → Nagda → Ujjain → Indore
• Kota → Nagda → Ratlam → Vadodara → Mumbai
• Kota → Nagda → Ratlam → Vadodara → Ahmedabad
• Kota → Ramganj Mandi → Jhalawad City
• Kota → Ruthiyai → Guna → Bina
• Kota → Ruthiyai → Guna → Gwaliar
• Kota → Ruthiyai → Guna → Bina → Katni → Jabalpur

Gallery

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  Kota Junction platformboard

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  Kota Junction stationboard

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  Kota Junction platformboard - coloured

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  Kota Junction - Infoboard 1

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  Kota Junction - Infoboard 2