5-970: Kota Junction railway station is major railway junction on the West Central railway network of India which serves Kota in Rajasthan . It is the headquarters of Kota railway division of West Central Railway zone. Kota is an important station on the New Delhi–Mumbai main line 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 , Kota-Shree Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Express , Damoh–Kota Passenger , Indore–Kota Intercity Express and Kota–Shri Ganganagar Superfast Express . Kota city
10-440: Is also served by another railway station called Dakaniya Talav Railway station located opposite to Rajeev Gandhi Nagar in the southern part of the city. The Kanwalpura–Kota and Gurla–Kota sections were electrified in the financial year of 1987–88 under Western Railways . Kota is amongst the top hundred booking stations of Indian Railway. West Central Railway zone The West Central Railway (abbreviated WCR ), one of
15-776: The Tuglakabad (TKD) locomotive shed, which belongs to Kota Division of WCR but is situated in the Northern Railways territory. WCR meets Northern Railway at Mathura , Western Railway at Nagda, North Western Railway at Chittorgarh , Central Railway at Khandwa and Itarsi, North Central Railway at Bina and Manikpur, South East Central Railway at Katni and East Central Railway at Singaroli stations. There are 3 divisions in West Central Railway zone; There are five loco sheds in WCR. The following places of tourist interest are located on
20-458: The 19 zones of the Indian Railways , came into existence on 1 April 2003. It is headquartered at Jabalpur . It was created by taking away two divisions namely Bhopal division and Jabalpur division from central railways and one division namely Kota division from Western Railway zone . The WCR zone provides rail route coverage to the west central region of India . Most of its route is in
25-618: The states of Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan with a very little portion in the state of Uttar Pradesh . On 1 April 2003, the West Central Railway was reconstituted from parts of Central Railway and Western Railway by allocating Jabalpur and Bhopal divisions of the Central Railway zone (CR) and the reorganized Kota of the Western Railway zone (WR) to WCR. The zone serves eastern & central Madhya Pradesh , southern Uttar Pradesh , and northeastern Rajasthan state. It contains
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