Moscow Kazansky railway station

Moscow Kazansky
Moscow Railway terminal
View of the station's main entrance
Location 2 Komsomolskaya Square
Krasnoselsky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow
Russia
Coordinates 55°46′24″N 37°39′23″E / 55.773333°N 37.656389°E / 55.773333; 37.656389
Line(s)
  • Kazan Line
  • Ryazan Line
Platforms 9
Tracks 17
Connections


Tram: 7, 13, 37, 50;

Bus: 40, 122, А, T88;

Trolleybus: 14, 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   Moscow Railway   Following station
TerminusKazan Line
toward Cherusti
Ryazan Line
toward Ryazan 1
Location
Moscow Kazansky
Location within Moscow Ring Road

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.

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.

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 numberTrain nameDestinationOperated by
001/002Premium (ex. Tatarstan) (rus, tat: Премиум (Татарстан))Russia KazanRussia Russian Railways
003/004Kavkaz (rus: Кавказ)Russia KislovodskRussia Russian Railways
005/006Uzbekistan (uzb: Oʻzbekiston)Uzbekistan TashkentUzbekistan Oʻzbekiston temir yoʻllari
009/010Zhiguli (rus: Жигули)Russia SamaraRussia Russian Railways
011/012Sochi (rus: Сочи)Russia AdlerRussia Russian Railways
013/014Yuzhny Ural (rus: Южный Урал)Russia Chelyabinsk (coach: Russia Magnitogorsk)Russia Russian Railways
015/016Premium (ex. Ural) (rus: Премиум (Урал))Russia YekaterinburgRussia Russian Railways
017/018Kyrgyzstan (kyr, rus: Кыргызстан)Kyrgyzstan BishkekKyrgyzstan Kyrgyz Railway
019/020Premium (ex. Tikhy Don) (rus: Премиум (Тихий Дон))Russia Rostov-on-DonRussia Russian Railways
021/022Ulyanovsk (rus: Ульяновск)Russia UlyanovskRussia Russian Railways
023/024Premium (ex. Yarmarka) (rus: Премиум (Ярмарка))Russia Nizhny Novgorod (Moskovsky)Russia Russian Railways
025/026Italmas (rus, udm: Италмас))RussiaUdmurtia IzhevskRussia Russian Railways
029/030Premium (ex. Kuban) (rus: Премиум (Кубань))Russia NovorossiyskRussia Russian Railways
031/032Orenburzhye (rus: Оренбуржье)Russia OrenburgRussia Russian Railways
033/034North Ossetia-Alania (os: Ирыстон, rus: Оcетия)RussiaNorth Ossetia-Alania VladikavkazRussia Russian Railways
039/040Bashkortostan (bash: Башҡортостан, rus: Башкортостан)RussiaBashkortostan UfaRussia Russian Railways
041/042Mordovia (erz, mok, rus: Мордовия)RussiaMordovia SaranskRussia Russian Railways
049/050 Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав) Russia Samara Russia Russian Railways
051/052Sura (rus: Сура)Russia PenzaRussia Russian Railways
053/054Chuvashia (chv: Чăваш Ен, rus: Чувашия)RussiaChuvashia CheboksaryRussia Russian Railways
057/058Mariy El (mar, rus: Марий Эл)RussiaMari El Yoshkar-OlaRussia Russian Railways
059/060Tyumen (rus: Тюмень)Russia NizhnevartovskRussia Russian Railways
065/066 Zhiguli sea (rus: Жигулевское море) Russia Tolyatti Russia Russian Railways
089/090Zauralye (rus: Зауралье)Kazakhstan PetropavlRussia Russian Railways
095/096/135/136Altay (rus: Алтай)Russia BarnaulRussia Russian Railways
101/102Premium (ex. Sochi) (rus: Премиум (Сочи))Russia AdlerRussia Russian Railways
103/104Moskovia (rus: Московия)Russia AdlerRussia Russian Railways
319/320Tajikistan (taj: Тоҷикистон, rus: Таджикистан)Tajikistan DushanbeTajikistan Tajikistan Railways
989/990Russia Vladivostok via KazanRussia Russian Railways

Other destinations

CountryDestinations
Kazakhstan KazakhstanAstana, Balqash, Karagandy, Pavlodar, Ridder
Russia RussiaAnapa, 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 TajikistanKhujand

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.

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