Kota Junction railway station is a railway station on the West Central railway network. Kota is the only station in Rajasthan followed by Jaipur, connected to all the major cities of India. It is an important station on the Delhi-Mumbai main line. There is a dedicated Jan Shatabdi that runs between Kota & New Delhi. Another suburban station of South Kota city is Dakaniya Talav Railway station whic
h has a stoppage of Avadh Express, Dehradun Express and Ranthambore Express
The district has 148.83 km of railway line in the Kota - Ruthia section, 98.72 km on Nagda - Mathura (Mumbai-Delhi) section and 24.26 km on Kota - Chittorgarh section. 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.