Moscow Kazansky
Moscow Railway terminal
Exterior view of the station
General information
Location2 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
Platforms9
Tracks17
Connections

Tram: 7, 13, 37, 50;

Bus: 40, 122, А, T88, T14;

Trolleybus: 22, 41;
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 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 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: Чӑваш 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
329/330Tajikistan (taj: Тоҷикистон, rus: Таджикистан)Tajikistan DushanbeTajikistan Tajikistan Railways
989/990Russia Vladivostok via KazanRussia Russian Railways

Other destinations

CountryDestinations
Kazakhstan KazakhstanNur-Sultan, Balqash, Karagandy, Kokshetau, 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.

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".
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