Kazansky railway terminal (russian: Каза́нский вокза́л, ''Kazansky vokzal'') also known as Moscow Kazansky 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

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, and points beyond (one of the routes of the

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), 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,

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, 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-

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line use Kazansky station as well. However, the commuter trains of that line never do so, as they always arrive to Moscow's

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. 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

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

Trains and destinations

Long distance

Other destinations

Suburban destinations

Suburban commuter trains (''

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'') connect Kazansky station with the towns of Lyubertsy, Zhukovsky,

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, Kurovskoye,

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, Cherusti, Vekovka, Bykovo,

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, Voskresensk,

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, Kolomna and Ryazan.

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 at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, 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)

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Uzbekistan Railways UzRailPass

Kyrgyzstan Railways (Кыргыз Темир Жолу)

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