Moscow Kazanskaya railway station
Moscow Kazanskaya | |||||||||||||||
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| Moscow Railway terminal | |||||||||||||||
 View of the station's main entrance | |||||||||||||||
| Location |
2 Komsomolskaya Square Krasnoselsky District, Central Administrative Okrug, Moscow Russia | ||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | RU 55°46′24″N 37°39′23″E / 55.773333°N 37.656389°E | ||||||||||||||
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| Platforms | 9 | ||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 17 | ||||||||||||||
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| Station code | 194013 | ||||||||||||||
| Fare zone | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||||||
| Opened | 1864 | ||||||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1913, 1950, 1987 | ||||||||||||||
| Electrified | 1933 | ||||||||||||||
| Previous names | Ryazansky | ||||||||||||||
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Kazansky railway terminal (Russian: Каза́нский вокза́л, Kazansky vokzal) also known as Moscow Kazanskaya 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 number | Train name | Destination | Operated by |
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| 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 |
| 035/036 | Altay (rus: Алтай) | Barnaul | Russian Railways |
| 039/040 | Bashkortostan (bash: Башҡортостан, rus: Башкортостан) |  Ufa | Russian Railways |
| 041/042 | Mordovia (erz, mok, rus: Мордовия) |  Saransk | Russian Railways |
| 051/052 | Sura (rus: Сура) | Penza | Russian Railways |
| 053/054 | Chuvashia (chv: Чăваш 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 |
| 089/090 | Zauralye (rus: Зауралье) |  Petropavl | Russian Railways |
| 099/100 | Tikhiy Don (rus: Тихий Дон) | Rostov-on-Don | Russian Railways |
| 101/102 | Premium (ex. Sochi) (rus: Премиум (Сочи)) | Adler | Russian Railways |
| 103/104 | Moskovia (rus: Московия) | Adler | Russian Railways |
| 319/320 | Tajikistan (taj: Тоҷикистон) |  Dushanbe | Tajikistan Railways |
Other destinations
| Country | Destinations |
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| Kazakhstan | Astana, Balqash, Karagandy, 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, Severobaykalsk, Tolyatti, Tommot, Tynda, Ulan-Ude, Zemetchino |
| Tajikistan | Kulob |
Suburban destinations
Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Kazansky station with the towns of Lyubertsy, Gzhel, Kurovskoye, Shatura, Cherusti, Vekovka, Bykovo, Ramenskoye, Bronnitsy, Voskresensk, Yegoryevsk, Kolomna and Ryazan.
Gallery
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
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Kazansky Rail Terminal. |
- Kazansky Rail Terminal Official site (Russian)
- Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги) (English) (Russian)
- Kazkhstan Railways (Қазақстан темір жолы) (English) (Kazakh) (Russian)
- Uzbekistan Railways (O'zbekiston temir yo'llari) (Russian) (Uzbek)
- Uzbekistan Railways UzRailPass (English) (Russian) (Uzbek)
- Kyrgyzstan Railways (Кыргыз Темир Жолу) (Russian)
- Virtual tour to Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky and Kazansky train station