Moscow Kazansky railway station

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Kazansky Rail Terminal
)
Moscow Kazansky
Komsomolskaya

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 (

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-

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)) Russia Kazan Russia Russian Railways
003/004 Kavkaz (rus: Кавказ) Russia Kislovodsk Russia Russian Railways
005/006 Uzbekistan (uzb: Oʻzbekiston) Uzbekistan Tashkent Uzbekistan Oʻzbekiston temir yoʻllari
009/010 Zhiguli (rus: Жигули)
Samara
Russia Russian Railways
011/012 Sochi (rus: Сочи)
Adler
Russia Russian Railways
013/014 Yuzhny Ural (rus: Южный Урал) Russia Chelyabinsk (coach: Russia Magnitogorsk) Russia Russian Railways
015/016 Premium (ex. Ural) (rus: Премиум (Урал)) Russia Yekaterinburg Russia Russian Railways
017/018 Kyrgyzstan (kyr, rus: Кыргызстан) Kyrgyzstan Bishkek
Kyrgyz Railway
019/020 Premium (ex. Tikhy Don) (rus: Премиум (Тихий Дон)) Russia Rostov-on-Don Russia Russian Railways
021/022 Ulyanovsk (rus: Ульяновск) Russia Ulyanovsk Russia Russian Railways
023/024 Premium (ex. Yarmarka) (rus: Премиум (Ярмарка))
Moskovsky
)
Russia Russian Railways
025/026 Italmas (rus, udm: Италмас)) RussiaUdmurtia Izhevsk Russia Russian Railways
029/030 Premium (ex. Kuban) (rus: Премиум (Кубань)) Russia Novorossiysk Russia Russian Railways
031/032 Orenburzhye (rus: Оренбуржье) Russia Orenburg Russia Russian Railways
033/034
North Ossetia-Alania (os
: Ирыстон, rus: Оcетия)
RussiaNorth Ossetia–Alania Vladikavkaz Russia Russian Railways
039/040 Bashkortostan (bash: Башҡортостан, rus: Башкортостан) RussiaBashkortostan Ufa Russia Russian Railways
041/042 Mordovia (erz, mok, rus: Мордовия) RussiaMordovia Saransk Russia Russian Railways
049/050 Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав)
Samara
Russia Russian Railways
051/052 Sura (rus: Сура) Russia Penza Russia Russian Railways
053/054 Chuvashia (chv: Чӑваш Ен, rus: Чувашия) RussiaChuvashia Cheboksary Russia Russian Railways
057/058
Mariy El (mar
, rus: Марий Эл)
RussiaMari El Yoshkar-Ola Russia Russian Railways
059/060 Tyumen (rus: Тюмень) Russia Nizhnevartovsk Russia Russian Railways
065/066 Zhiguli sea (rus: Жигулевское море) Russia Tolyatti Russia Russian Railways
089/090 Zauralye (rus: Зауралье) Kazakhstan Petropavl Russia Russian Railways
095/096/135/136 Altay (rus: Алтай) Russia Barnaul Russia Russian Railways
101/102 Premium (ex. Sochi) (rus: Премиум (Сочи))
Adler
Russia Russian Railways
103/104 Moskovia (rus: Московия)
Adler
Russia Russian Railways
329/330 Tajikistan (taj: Тоҷикистон, rus: Таджикистан) Tajikistan Dushanbe Tajikistan Tajikistan Railways
989/990 Russia Vladivostok via Kazan Russia Russian Railways

Other destinations

Country Destinations
Kazakhstan Kazakhstan
Russia 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 Tajikistan Khujand

Suburban destinations

Suburban

.

Gallery

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

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