Moscow Kazansky railway station

Kazansky railway terminal (Russian: Каза́нский вокза́л, Kazansky vokzal, pronounced [kɐˈzanskʲɪj vɐɡˈzaɫ]) also known as Moscow Kazansky railway station (Russian: Москва́–Каза́нская, Moskva–Kazanskaya) is one of nine railway terminals in Moscow, situated on the Komsomolskaya Square, across the square from the Leningradsky and Yaroslavsky stations. It was ranked nr. 9 in a list of Europe's best train stations by the Consumer Choice Centre in 2020.[1]

Moscow–Kazansky

Москва–Казанская
Moscow Railway terminal
Exterior view of the station
General information
Location2 Komsomolskaya Square
Krasnoselsky District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow
Russia
Coordinates55°46′24″N 37°39′23″E / 55.773333°N 37.656389°E / 55.773333; 37.656389
Platforms9
Tracks17
Connections
Other information
Station code194013
Fare zone0
History
Opened1864
Rebuilt1913, 1950, 1987
Electrified1933
Previous namesRyazansky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station
Terminus Kazansky Suburban Elektrozavodskaya
towards Krivandino
Ryazansky Suburban Elektrozavodskaya
towards Ryazan 1
Location
Moscow–Kazansky is located in Moscow Ring Road
Moscow–Kazansky
Moscow–Kazansky
Location within Moscow Ring Road

Kazansky station primarily serves two major railway lines radiating from Moscow: the eastbound one, to Kazan, Yekaterinburg, and points beyond (one of the routes of the Trans-Siberian Railway), and the south-east-bound one, to Ryazan. After Ryazan, the south-eastern line branches a number of times, so that trains originating from Kazansky station serve most of south-eastern Russia, Kazakhstan, and the post-Soviet Central Asian states (mostly via the Trans-Aral line). Commuter trains serving these two directions use Kazansky station as well.

Occasionally, long-distance trains serving the eastbound Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod line use Kazansky station as well. However, the commuter trains of that line never do so, as they always arrive to Moscow's Kursky Rail Terminal.

The forerunner of today's Kazan railway station was built in 1862 with the opening of the railway line from Moscow to Ryazan.[2] Construction of the modern building according to the design by architect Alexey Shchusev started in 1913 and ended in 1940. The building resembles the Söyembikä Tower in Kazan.

Trains and destinations

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Long distance

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Train number Train name Destination Operated by
001/002 Premium (ex. Tatarstan) (rus, tat: Премиум (Татарстан))   Kazan   Russian Railways
003/004 Kavkaz (rus: Кавказ)   Kislovodsk   Russian Railways
005/006 Uzbekistan (uzb: Oʻzbekiston)   Tashkent   Oʻzbekiston temir yoʻllari
009/010 Zhiguli (rus: Жигули)   Samara   Russian Railways
011/012 Sochi (rus: Сочи)   Adler   Russian Railways
013/014 Yuzhny Ural (rus: Южный Урал)   Chelyabinsk (coach:   Magnitogorsk)   Russian Railways
015/016 Premium (ex. Ural) (rus: Премиум (Урал))   Yekaterinburg   Russian Railways
017/018 Kyrgyzstan (kyr, rus: Кыргызстан)   Bishkek   Kyrgyz Railway
019/020 Premium (ex. Tikhy Don) (rus: Премиум (Тихий Дон))   Rostov-on-Don   Russian Railways
021/022 Ulyanovsk (rus: Ульяновск)   Ulyanovsk   Russian Railways
023/024 Premium (ex. Yarmarka) (rus: Премиум (Ярмарка))   Nizhny Novgorod (Moskovsky)   Russian Railways
025/026 Italmas (rus, udm: Италмас))    Izhevsk   Russian Railways
029/030 Premium (ex. Kuban) (rus: Премиум (Кубань))   Novorossiysk   Russian Railways
031/032 Orenburzhye (rus: Оренбуржье)   Orenburg   Russian Railways
033/034 North Ossetia-Alania (os: Ирыстон, rus: Оcетия)    Vladikavkaz   Russian Railways
039/040 Bashkortostan (bash: Башҡортостан, rus: Башкортостан)    Ufa   Russian Railways
041/042 Mordovia (erz, mok, rus: Мордовия)    Saransk   Russian Railways
049/050 Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав)   Samara   Russian Railways
051/052 Sura (rus: Сура)   Penza   Russian Railways
053/054 Chuvashia (chv: Чӑваш Ен, rus: Чувашия)    Cheboksary   Russian Railways
057/058 Mariy El (mar, rus: Марий Эл)    Yoshkar-Ola   Russian Railways
059/060 Tyumen (rus: Тюмень)   Nizhnevartovsk   Russian Railways
065/066 Zhiguli sea (rus: Жигулевское море)   Tolyatti   Russian Railways
089/090 Zauralye (rus: Зауралье)   Petropavl   Russian Railways
095/096/135/136 Altay (rus: Алтай)   Barnaul   Russian Railways
101/102 Premium (ex. Sochi) (rus: Премиум (Сочи))   Adler   Russian Railways
103/104 Moskovia (rus: Московия)   Adler   Russian Railways
329/330 Tajikistan (taj: Тоҷикистон, rus: Таджикистан)   Dushanbe   Tajikistan Railways
989/990   Vladivostok via Kazan   Russian Railways

Other destinations

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Country Destinations
  Kazakhstan Nur-Sultan, Balqash, Karagandy, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Ridder
  Russia Anapa, Bereshino, Biysk, Bugulma, Dimitrovgrad, Grozny, Kirov, Kolomna, Krugloe Pole, Kurovskoye, Kumertau, Makhachkala, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nalchik, Nazran, Neryungri, Novokuznetsk, Orsk, Ramenskoye, Ryazan, Sarov, Sergach, Tolyatti, Tommot, Tynda, Ulan-Ude, Zemetchino
  Tajikistan Khujand

Suburban destinations

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Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Kazansky station with the towns of Lyubertsy, Zhukovsky, Gzhel, Kurovskoye, Shatura, Cherusti, Vekovka, Bykovo, Ramenskoye, Bronnitsy, Voskresensk, Yegoryevsk, Kolomna and Ryazan.

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References

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  1. ^ "London St Pancras tops list of Europe's best train stations". City A.M. 2020-02-20. Retrieved 2023-09-27.
  2. ^ "History of terminals and stations".
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