# Moscow Kazansky railway station

Kazansky railway terminal (Russian: Каза́нский вокза́л, Kazansky vokzal, pronounced) 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.
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

| Train number | Train name | Destination | Operated by |
| 001/002 | Premium (ex. Tatarstan) (rus, tat: Премиум (Татарстан)) | Kazan | Russian Railways |
| 003/004 | Kavkaz (rus: Кавказ) | Kislovodsk | Russian Railways |
| 005/006 | Uzbekistan (uzb: Oʻzbekiston) | Tashkent | Oʻzbekiston temir yoʻllari |
| 009/010 | Zhiguli (rus: Жигули) | Samara | Russian Railways |
| 011/012 | Sochi (rus: Сочи) | Adler | Russian Railways |
| 013/014 | Yuzhny Ural (rus: Южный Урал) | Chelyabinsk (coach: Magnitogorsk) | Russian Railways |
| 015/016 | Premium (ex. Ural) (rus: Премиум (Урал)) | Yekaterinburg | Russian Railways |
| 017/018 | Kyrgyzstan (kyr, rus: Кыргызстан) | Bishkek | Kyrgyz Railway |
| 019/020 | Premium (ex. Tikhy Don) (rus: Премиум (Тихий Дон)) | Rostov-on-Don | Russian Railways |
| 021/022 | Ulyanovsk (rus: Ульяновск) | Ulyanovsk | Russian Railways |
| 023/024 | Premium (ex. Yarmarka) (rus: Премиум (Ярмарка)) | Nizhny Novgorod (Moskovsky) | Russian Railways |
| 025/026 | Italmas (rus, udm: Италмас)) | Izhevsk | Russian Railways |
| 029/030 | Premium (ex. Kuban) (rus: Премиум (Кубань)) | Novorossiysk | Russian Railways |
| 031/032 | Orenburzhye (rus: Оренбуржье) | Orenburg | Russian Railways |
| 033/034 | North Ossetia-Alania (os: Ирыстон, rus: Оcетия) | Vladikavkaz | Russian Railways |
| 039/040 | Bashkortostan (bash: Башҡортостан, rus: Башкортостан) | Ufa | Russian Railways |
| 041/042 | Mordovia (erz, mok, rus: Мордовия) | Saransk | Russian Railways |
| 049/050 | Double-deck coach (rus: Двухэтажный состав) | Samara | Russian Railways |
| 051/052 | Sura (rus: Сура) | Penza | Russian Railways |
| 053/054 | Chuvashia (chv: Чӑваш Ен, rus: Чувашия) | Cheboksary | Russian Railways |
| 057/058 | Mariy El (mar, rus: Марий Эл) | Yoshkar-Ola | Russian Railways |
| 059/060 | Tyumen (rus: Тюмень) | Nizhnevartovsk | Russian Railways |
| 065/066 | Zhiguli sea (rus: Жигулевское море) | Tolyatti | Russian Railways |
| 089/090 | Zauralye (rus: Зауралье) | Petropavl | Russian Railways |
| 095/096/135/136 | Altay (rus: Алтай) | Barnaul | Russian Railways |
| 101/102 | Premium (ex. Sochi) (rus: Премиум (Сочи)) | Adler | Russian Railways |
| 103/104 | Moskovia (rus: Московия) | Adler | Russian Railways |
| 329/330 | Tajikistan (taj: Тоҷикистон, rus: Таджикистан) | Dushanbe | Tajikistan Railways |
| 989/990 | | Vladivostok via Kazan | Russian Railways |

### Other destinations

| Country | Destinations |
| Kazakhstan | Nur-Sultan, Balqash, Karagandy, Kokshetau, Pavlodar, Ridder |
| Russia | Anapa, Bereshino, Biysk, Bugulma, Dimitrovgrad, Grozny, Kirov, Kolomna, Krugloe Pole, Kurovskoye, Kumertau, Makhachkala, Naberezhnye Chelny, Nalchik, Nazran, Neryungri, Novokuznetsk, Orsk, Ramenskoye, Ryazan, Sarov, Sergach, Tolyatti, Tommot, Tynda, Ulan-Ude, Zemetchino |
| Tajikistan | Khujand |

### Suburban destinations

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichka) connect Kazansky station with the towns of Lyubertsy, Zhukovsky, Gzhel, Kurovskoye, Shatura, Cherusti, Vekovka, Bykovo, Ramenskoye, Bronnitsy, Voskresensk, Yegoryevsk, Kolomna and Ryazan.

## Gallery

* Historical view of the station (1913)
* Historical view of the station (1913)
* Model of Kazansky station at the Museum of the Moscow Railway at Paveletsky Rail Terminal, Moscow
* Interior