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
Komsomolskaya Square (russian: Комсомо́льская пло́щадь), known as Kalanchyovskaya (russian: Каланчёвская площадь) before 1932, is a square in Moscow, with a blend of revivalist Tsarist and Stalinist ...
, 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.
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
Other destinations
Suburban destinations
Suburban
commuter trains (''
elektrichka'') connect Kazansky station with the towns of
Lyubertsy,
Zhukovsky,
Gzhel,
Kurovskoye,
Shatura
Shatura (russian: Шату́ра) 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 si ...
,
Cherusti
Cherusti (russian: Черусти) is an urban locality (an urban-type settlement) in Shatursky District of Moscow Oblast
Moscow Oblast ( rus, Моско́вская о́бласть, r=Moskovskaya oblast', p=mɐˈskofskəjə ˈobləsʲtʲ) ...
,
Vekovka
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...
,
Bykovo,
Ramenskoye Ramensky (masculine), Ramenskaya (feminine), or Ramenskoye (neuter) may refer to:
;People
*Johnny Ramensky (1905–1972), Scottish criminal and war hero
*Leonty Ramensky (1884–1953), Russian/Soviet ecologist
;Places
*Ramensky District
Ramensky ...
,
Bronnitsy,
Voskresensk,
Yegoryevsk
Yegoryevsk (russian: Его́рьевск) is a town and the administrative center of Yegoryevsk Urban Settlement in Moscow Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Guslitsa River southeast of Moscow.
Toponymy
Yegoryevsk was named ...
,
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 siteRussian Railways (Российские Железные Дороги)Kazkhstan Railways (Қазақстан темір жолы) (O'zbekiston temir yo'llari)]
Uzbekistan Railways UzRailPassKyrgyzstan Railways (Кыргыз Темир Жолу){{Intercity passenger transport in Moscow
Railway stations in the Russian Empire opened in 1864
Buildings and structures built in the Soviet Union
Railway stations in Moscow
Railway stations of Moscow Railway
Art Nouveau architecture in Moscow
Art Nouveau railway stations
Transport infrastructure completed in 1940
Cultural heritage monuments of federal significance in Moscow