Kazansky railway terminal (, Kazansky vokzal, ) also known as Moscow Kazansky railway station (, 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.
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. 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 005/006 Uzbekistan (uzb: Oʻzbekiston) Tashkent Oʻzbekiston temir yoʻllari 009/010 Zhiguli (rus: Жигули) Samara Russian Railways 011/012 Sochi (rus: Сочи) Adler 013/014 Yuzhny Ural (rus: Южный Урал) Chelyabinsk (coach: Magnitogorsk) 015/016 Premium (ex. Ural) (rus: Премиум (Урал)) Yekaterinburg 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 023/024 Premium (ex. Yarmarka) (rus: Премиум (Ярмарка)) Nizhny Novgorod (Moskovsky) 025/026 Italmas (rus, udm: Италмас)) Izhevsk 029/030 Premium (ex. Kuban) (rus: Премиум (Кубань)) Novorossiysk 031/032 Orenburzhye (rus: Оренбуржье) Orenburg 033/034 North Ossetia-Alania (os: Ирыстон, rus: Оcетия) Vladikavkaz 039/040 Bashkortostan (bash: Башҡортостан, rus: Башкортостан) Ufa 041/042 Mordovia (erz, mok, rus: Мордовия) Saransk 049/050Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав) Samara 051/052 Sura (rus: Сура) Penza 053/054 Chuvashia (chv: Чӑваш Ен, rus: Чувашия) Cheboksary 057/058 Mariy El (mar, rus: Марий Эл) Yoshkar-Ola 059/060 Tyumen (rus: Тюмень) Nizhnevartovsk 065/066Zhiguli sea (rus: Жигулевское море) Tolyatti 089/090 Zauralye (rus: Зауралье) Petropavl 095/096/135/136 Altay (rus: Алтай) Barnaul 101/102 Premium (ex. Sochi) (rus: Премиум (Сочи)) Adler 103/104 Moskovia (rus: Московия) 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.
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Kazansky Rail Terminal Official site Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги) Kazkhstan Railways (Қазақстан темір жолы) Uzbekistan Railways (O'zbekiston temir yo'llari) Uzbekistan Railways UzRailPass Kyrgyzstan Railways (Кыргыз Темир Жолу) Virtual tour to Leningradsky, Yaroslavsky and Kazansky train station