Damoh–Kota Passenger
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The Damoh–Kota Passenger (दमोह – कोटा पेसेंजर /دمه - قطة بسنجر) is a daily passenger train service offered by West Central Railway. It runs between Damoh Railway Station of Damoh City, Madhya Pradesh and Kota Junction Railway Station in Rajasthan.
Arrival and departure
- Train 1736 starts from Damoh at 17:00 hrs, reaching Kota the next day at 02:00 hrs.
- Train 1735 departs from Kota Jn. at 04:00 hrs, reaching Damoh at 22:00 hrs.
Route and stops
The train goes via. Bina–Katni rail route halting at almost all the major and minor stoppage. The major stops are:
- DAMOH
- Patharia
- Saugor Makronia
- Saugor
- Khurai
- Bina Junction (Madhya Pradesh)
- Ashoknagar
- Mungaoli
- Guna
- Ruthiyai[disambiguation needed]
- KOTA JN.
Coach composition
The train generally consist a total of 12 Coaches which includes :
- 8 General Coaches.
- 3 Sleeper Coaches.
- 1 Chair Car.
It do not have any first class or pantry car compartment
Average speed and frequency
The train runs with an average speed of 35 km/h.
Trivia
- Locally, the train is known as Shuttle (or Suttle) by the people especially from rural areas.
- This is the first passenger train service on Bina–Katni rail route
- It is one of the oldest passenger train in India
- The number allotted for the train changed thrice. First it was 535/536 which changed than to 189/190 and is 1735/1736 at present.
- The train was first introduced between Damoh and Saugor in year 1959 which was than introduced and extended till Kota Jn.
- The Kota bound passenger is always over crowded as compared to Damoh bound passenger