I was in Kota. I used to regularly go to the Dakaniya Talav Railway station [not much far from where multiple coaching centers are situated] each evening. It was/is an island style station with only 2 lines though only couple of trains including a fast passenger stopped at evening there. I distinctly remember when the coaching holidays were announced, the Kota-Patna Express had gone to WL 300+ on the same day as the reservations opened. It used to run in ICF form back then with much less AC coaches. On the day of the journey,almost the whole train was filled with students only. The locals in the train were telling how generally, this train started half empty from Kota[ in those days] but it was brimming to it's full capacity that day.