Moscow Kazansky railway station

For other uses, see Kazansky (disambiguation).

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
Moscow Railway terminal
Exterior view of the station
General information
Location	2 Komsomolskaya Square Krasnoselsky District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.773333°N 37.656389°E / 55.773333; 37.656389
Platforms	9
Tracks	17
Connections	Moscow Metro stations Komsomolskaya Komsomolskaya Tram: 7, 13, 37, 50; Bus: 40, 122, А, T88, T14; Trolleybus: 22, 41;
Other information
Station code	194013
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1864
Rebuilt	1913, 1950, 1987
Electrified	1933
Previous names	Ryazansky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Terminus Kazansky Suburban Elektrozavodskaya towards Krivandino Ryazansky Suburban Elektrozavodskaya towards Ryazan 1
Route map Legend 0 Yaroslavsky terminal Elektrozavodskaya – Stankolit Third Ring Road 3 Moskva-3 4 Malenkovskaya Rostokinsky proyezd Yauza River 6 Yauza Belokamennaya – Rostokino 7 Rostokino Losinoostrovskaya 13 Los Ichka River Moscow Ring Road 14 Perlovskaya 16 Tayninskaya Yauza River Mytishchi to Pirogovo to Fryazino, Fryazevo to Sergiyev Posad v t e This diagram: view talk edit
Location 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

Long distance

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

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

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.

Gallery

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  Historical view of the station (1913)
• 
  Historical view of the station (1913)
• 
  Model of Kazansky station at the Museum of the Moscow Railway at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
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  Interior

References

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".

External links

• Kazansky Rail Terminal Official site Archived 2015-05-08 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
• Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги) (in English and Russian)
• Kazkhstan Railways (Қазақстан темір жолы) (in English, Kazakh, and Russian)
• Uzbekistan Railways (O'zbekiston temir yo'llari) (in Russian and Uzbek)
• Uzbekistan Railways UzRailPass (in English, Russian, and Uzbek)
• Kyrgyzstan Railways (Кыргыз Темир Жолу) (in Russian)
• Virtual tour to Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky and Kazansky train station