Moscow Kazansky railway station explained

Moscow Kazansky
Type:Moscow Railway terminal
Style:RZD
Address:2 Komsomolskaya Square
Borough: Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.7733°N 37.6564°W
Other:

Tram

7, 13, 37, 50;

Bus: 40, 122, А, T88, T14;

Trolleybus: 22, 41;

Platform:9
Tracks:17
Opened:1864
Rebuilt:1913, 1950, 1987
Electrified:1933
Code:194013
Zone:0
Former:Ryazansky
Map Type:Moscow Ring Road
Map State:collapsed

Kazansky railway terminal (Russian: Каза́нский вокза́л, Kazansky vokzal) 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]

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

Long distance

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

Other destinations

Country Destinations
Nur-Sultan, Balqash, Karagandy, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Ridder
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
Khujand

Suburban destinations

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.

External links

Notes and References

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