Astana-Nurly Zhol ( kz, Acтана-Нұрлы жол, ''Astana-Nurly Jol'') is a main

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and

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Astana Astana, previously known as Akmolinsk, Tselinograd, Akmola, and most recently Nur-Sultan, is the capital city of Kazakhstan. The city lies on the banks of the Ishim (river), Ishim River in the north-central part of Kazakhstan, within the Akmo ...

, the capital of

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. As part of the infrastructure build up to

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the station is located near Mynzhyldyk Alley with a new capacity of 35,000 it was opened on June 1, 2017. The 45,000 ft² station building has an enclosed space of 110,000m², a 70,000m² car park and 2,550m long railway platforms. It was designed by the Turkish company

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. The design was awarded first place in the

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. In October 2018, a bus station named Saparjai-2 was opened inside the building. The total area of the parking lot for buses and cars is 8600 sq. m. From 2019-2022 the station was named Nur-Sultan-Nurly Zhol after the city changed its name in March 2019.

Train Services

Around half of the train services serving Astana call at Astana Nurly Zhol. Most of these services originate/terminate here, rather than "through" services as this is a terminal station. Almost all Talgo services that serve Astana use this station. A handful of services call at both Astana-1 and Astana-Nurly Zhol.

References

Railway stations in Akmola Region Buildings and structures in Astana Railway stations opened in 2017 Transport in Astana 2017 establishments in Kazakhstan {{Kazakhstan-struct-stub