Moscow Kursky railway station explained

Moscow Kursky
Style:RZD
Type:Moscow Railway terminal
Address:Ploshchad' Kurskogo Vokzala, Moscow
Country:Russia
Coordinates:55.7575°N 37.6606°W
Other:

Tram

20, 24, Б;

Bus: 40, 78, Б;

Structure:At-grade
Platform:9
Tracks:17
Opened:1896
Rebuilt:1938, 1972
Code:191602
Operator:Moscow Railway
Zone:0
Map Type:Moscow Ring Road
Map State:collapsed

Kursky railway terminal (Russian: Ку́рский вокза́л, Kursky vokzal), also known as Moscow Kurskaya railway station (Russian: Москва́-Ку́рская, Moskva-Kurskaya), is one of the ten railway terminals in Moscow. It was built in 1896, and renovated (without major design changes) in 1938, then a large glass facade and modern roof was added in a 1972 expansion.[1] In 2008, there were plans to completely rebuild or refurbish the station.[2] Kursky station, unlike most Moscow terminals, operates two almost opposite railroad directions from Moscow: one toward Kursk, Russia, after which the station is named, that stretches on into Ukraine, and another toward Nizhniy Novgorod, which is less used by long-distance trains, and is mostly for the high-speed service to Nizhniy. Kursky is connected to the Lengradskiy Line from the other side, enabling long-distance trains from St. Petersburg going on to other cities to pass through Russia's capital. Because of its three directions, its adjacency to the city center, and its connection to three major metro lines, Kursky is one of Moscow's busiest railway stations.

Destinations

Long distance from Moscow

Train number Train name Destination Operated by
009/010 Troyanda Donbasu (ukr: Троянда Донбасу) Donetsk (coach: Kupiansk) Ukrainian Railways
015/016 Podniprovya (rus: Приднепровье, ukr: Подніпров'я) Ukrainian Railways
019/020 Mykola Konaryov (rus: Николай Конарёв, ukr: Микола Конарьов) Ukrainian Railways
029/030 Turgenev (rus: Тургенев) Russian Railways
057/058 Prioskolye (rus: Приосколье) Russian Railways
061/062 Burevestnik-1 (rus: Буревестник-1) Nizhny Novgorod (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
067/068 Krym (ukr: Крим) Simferopol (coach: Yevpatoria) Ukrainian Railways
071/072 Belogorye (rus: Белогорье) Russian Railways
073/074Kryvbas (rus: Кривбасс, ukr: Кривбас) Kryvyi Rih (coach: Dnipro) Ukrainian Railways
105/106 Solovey (rus: Соловей) Russian Railways
119/120 Burevestnik-2 (rus: Буревестник-2) Nizhny Novgorod (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
141/142 Seym (rus: Сейм) Russian Railways
603/604 Turgenev (rus: Тургенев) Oryol (coach: Livny) Russian Railways

Long distance via Moscow

Train number Train name Direction Operated by
059/060 Volga (rus: Волга) St. Petersburg (Moskovsky) - Nizhny Novgorod (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
079/080 Slava (rus: Слава) Russian Railways
081/082 Solovey (rus: Соловей) Russian Railways
107/108 Samara (rus: Самара) Russian Railways

High-speed rail

Train number Train name Direction Operated by
727/728
729/730731/732

733/734

Strizh (rus: Стриж) Moscow (Kursky) - Nizhny Novgorod (Moskovsky) Russian Railways
701/702703/704

705/706

707/708

709/710

Lastochka (rus: Ласточка) Moscow (Kursky) - Nizhny Novgorod (Moskovsky) Russian Railways

Other destinations

Country Destinations
Adler, Anapa, Astrakhan, Chelyabinsk, Yekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Kazan, Kirov, Kislovodsk, Makhachkala, Murmansk, Novorossiysk, Perm, Serpukhov, Stary Oskol, Tula, Vladimir, Volgograd, Voronezh, Vladikavkaz, Yeysk, Zheleznodorozhny
Berdiansk, Kerch, Luhansk, Mariupol, Mykolaiv, Poltava, Sevastopol

Suburban destinations

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichkas) connect Kursky station with the towns of Podolsk, Serpukhov, Chekhov, Tula on Kursky suburban railway line and Reutov (Reutovo), Balashikha, Zheleznodorozhny, Staraya Kupavna (Kupavna), Elektrougli, Elektrostal, Noginsk, Pavlovsky Posad, Elektrogorsk, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Kirzhach and Pokrov on the Gorkovsky suburban railway line. Besides that, Kursky Station has commuter connections with the Rizhsky and Belorussky suburban railway lines, as well as long-distance connection in the direction of Saint Petersburg, although less frequent.

Future development plan

Platform height rules under the newest GOST standards, DC commuter EMUs dedicated platforms in Moscow urban area must be 11001NaN1, while the platforms for the long-distance trains must be either 2001NaN1 and 5501NaN1. Moscow Kurskaya station platforms should get reconstruction soon.

Proposed platform layout:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kozlov, Vladimir . 6 Moscow train stations that are temples of art, architecture and history . Russia Beyond . 21 July 2020 . 21 November 2017.
  2. Web site: Directorate of Railway Stations to hold first open tenders for pilot projects to reconstruct and modernise stations in IIQ2008. . Russian Railways . 2008-03-11 . 2008-03-11 .