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 Komsomolskaya Square, known as Kalanchyovskaya before 1932, is a square in Moscow, with a blend of revivalist Tsarist and Stalinist architecture. It is informally referred to as Three Station Square after the three rail termini situated ther ...

, 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 Kazan; , IPA: Help:IPA/Tatar, ɑzanis the largest city and capital city, capital of Tatarstan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Volga and the Kazanka (river), Kazanka Rivers, covering an area of , with a population of over 1. ...

Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg (, ; ), alternatively Romanization of Russian, romanized as Ekaterinburg and formerly known as Sverdlovsk ( ; 1924–1991), is a city and the administrative centre of Sverdlovsk Oblast and the Ural Federal District, Russia. The ci ...

, and points beyond (one of the routes of the

Trans-Siberian Railway The Trans-Siberian Railway, historically known as the Great Siberian Route and often shortened to Transsib, is a large railway system that connects European Russia to the Russian Far East. Spanning a length of over , it is the longest railway ...

), and the south-east-bound one, to

Ryazan Ryazan (, ; also Riazan) is the largest types of inhabited localities in Russia, city and administrative center of Ryazan Oblast, Russia. The city is located on the banks of the Oka River in Central Russia, southeast of Moscow. As of the 2010 C ...

. 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 Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country primarily in Central Asia, with a European Kazakhstan, small portion in Eastern Europe. It borders Russia to the Kazakhstan–Russia border, north and west, China to th ...

, 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 Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət, t=Lower Newtown; colloquially shortened to Nizhny) is a city and the administrative centre of Nizhny Novgorod Oblast an ...

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 Kursky railway terminal (, ''Kursky vokzal''), also known as Moscow Kurskaya railway station (, ''Moskva-Kurskaya''), is one of the ten railway terminals in Moscow. It was built in 1896, and renovated (without major design changes) in 1938, then ...

. The forerunner of today's Kazan railway station was built in 1862 with the opening of the railway line from Moscow to

. Construction of the modern building according to the design by architect

Alexey Shchusev Alexey Victorovich Shchusev (; – 24 May 1949) was a Russian and Soviet architect who was successful during three consecutive epochs of Russian architecture – Art Nouveau (broadly construed), Constructivism (art), Constructivism, and Stalini ...

started in 1913 and ended in 1940. The building resembles the

Söyembikä Tower Söyembikä Tower (; ), also called the List of Kazan khans, Khan's Mosque, is probably the most familiar landmark and architectural symbol of Kazan. Once the highest structure of Kazan Kremlin, that city's kremlin, it used to be one of the so- ...

Trains and destinations

Long distance

Other destinations

Suburban destinations

Suburban

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s (''

elektrichka An ''elektrichka'' ( ; , ) is a Soviet Union, Soviet and Eastern Bloc, Eastern bloc commuter (regional) mostly suburban electrical multiple unit passenger train. Elektrichkas are widespread in Russia, Ukraine and other countries of the former W ...

'') connect Kazansky station with the towns of

Lyubertsy Lyubertsy (, ) is a city and the administrative center of Lyuberetsky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia. Demographics Population: History It was first mentioned in 1621 and was granted town status in 1925. It is sometimes described as a wo ...

, Zhukovsky,

Gzhel Gzhel (Russian: Гжель, IPA: �ʐelʲ is a Russian style of blue and white pottery, blue and white ceramics which takes its name from the Gzhel (selo), Moscow Oblast, village of Gzhel and surrounding area, where it has been produced sinc ...

, Kurovskoye,

Shatura Shatura () is a town and the administrative center of Shatursky District in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on Lake Svyatoye east of Moscow. Population: History A settlement on the site of modern Shatura has existed since 1423. In 1917, pe ...

, Cherusti, Vekovka, Bykovo, Ramenskoye,

Bronnitsy Bronnitsy () is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located southeast of central Moscow and west of the Bronnitsy station on the Moscow–Ryazan railroad. The town is surrounded by Ramensky District but is administratively incorporated as a town ...

Voskresensk Voskresensk () is the name of several types of inhabited localities in Russia, inhabited localities in Russia. Modern localities ;Urban localities *Voskresensk, Moscow Oblast, a town in Voskresensky District, Moscow Oblast, Voskresensky District of ...

Yegoryevsk Yegoryevsk () is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsky District, Moscow Oblast, Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the bank of the Guslitsa River southeast of ...

Kolomna Kolomna (, ) is a historic types of inhabited localities in Russia, city in Moscow Oblast, Russia, situated at the confluence of the Moskva River, Moskva and Oka Rivers, (by rail) southeast of Moscow. Population: History Mentioned for the fir ...

and

Gallery

Image:Казанский вокзал3.jpg, Historical view of the station (1913) Image:Ryazansky vokzal kalanchevka.jpg, Historical view of the station (1913) Image:Model_of_Kazansky_Rail_Terminal.JPG, Model of Kazansky station at

the Museum of the Moscow Railway The Museum of the Moscow Railway () is situated next to Paveletsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. The museum reopened to private visitors in 2011 and it reopened to the general public in January 2012. It's the object of cultural heritage of Russia. ...

Paveletsky Rail Terminal Moscow Paveletsky station () is one of Moscow's ten main railway stations. Originally called Saratovsky Railway Station, it was renamed after the settlement of Pavelets, when the railroad heading southeast from Moscow reached that point in 1899 ...

, Moscow Moscow Kazansky railway terminal asv2018-08 img1.jpg, Interior

References

External links

Kazansky Rail Terminal Official site

Russian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги)

Kazkhstan Railways (Қазақстан темір жолы)

Uzbekistan Railways UzRailPass

Kyrgyzstan Railways (Кыргыз Темир Жолу)

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