Moscow Kazansky railway station

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. It was ranked nr. 9 in a list of Europe’s best train stations by the Consumer Choice Centre in 2020.[1]

Moscow Kazansky
Moscow Railway terminal
Exterior view of the station
General information
Location	2 Komsomolskaya Square Krasnoselsky District Central Administrative Okrug Moscow Russia
Coordinates	55.773333°N 37.656389°E / 55.773333; 37.656389
Platforms	9
Tracks	17
Connections	Moscow Metro stations Komsomolskaya Komsomolskaya Tram: 7, 13, 37, 50; Bus: 40, 122, А, T88, T14; Trolleybus: 22, 41;
Other information
Station code	194013
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1864
Rebuilt	1913, 1950, 1987
Electrified	1933
Previous names	Ryazansky
Services
Preceding station Russian Railways Following station Terminus Kazansky Suburban Elektrozavodskaya towards Krivandino Ryazansky Suburban Elektrozavodskaya towards Ryazan 1
Route map 0 Yaroslavsky terminal Elektrozavodskaya – Stankolit Third Ring Road 3 Moskva-3 4 Malenkovskaya Rostokinsky proyezd Yauza River 6 Yauza Belokamennaya – Rostokino 7 Rostokino Losinoostrovskaya 13 Los Ichka River Moscow Ring Road 14 Perlovskaya 16 Tayninskaya Yauza River Mytishchi to Pirogovo to Fryazino, Fryazevo to Sergiyev Posad
Location
Moscow Kazansky Location within Moscow Ring Road

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.[2] 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.