Kazan station

Kazan station (formerly Ryazan station), connects Moscow with the cities of the Volga region, the Urals, Siberia, as well as with Central Asia. The station building was built on Kalanchevskaya (now Komsomolskaya) square in 1862-1864 for the Ryazan railway, and since 1894 also for the Kazan railway. From the Kazan station, passenger trains depart along the Kazan and Ryazan directions, suburban electric trains to the near and far suburbs. Construction of the modern building of the Kazan railway station began in 1913 and ended in 1940. The building was built in the neo-Russian style by A.V. Shchusev with the author’s team (A.V. Snigarev, I.A. Golosov, V.D. Kokorin, N.Ya. Tamonkin, etc.). Wanting to coordinate the monumental building with the stations already available on Kalanchevskaya Square and at the same time to give it an individuality, Shchusev presented hulls stretched into a line, containing rooms diverse in function, in the form of volumes varying in height, width and rhythm with individual insular roofs, an intermediate clock tower and a high angular tiered tower above the base in the form of an arched passage. In the composition, characterized by the picturesque expressiveness of the silhouette, the motifs of ancient Russian architecture of Nizhny Novgorod, Astrakhan, Ryazan vary widely, analogies are seen with the Syuyumbeki tower in the Kazan Kremlin. Active use of juicy carved white-stone decor on the red-brick background of the walls connects the building with the traditions of Moscow architecture of the XVII century. The interior of the restaurant, decorated in the spirit of the refectory chamber, was decorated with picturesque panels by E. E. Lancere (1930-1941); A. N. Benoit, B. M. Kustodiev, N. K. Roerich and others participated in the exterior and interior design of the building. From the side of Krasnoprudnaya Street to the Kazan railway station adjoin the buildings of the House of Culture of Railway Workers inscribed in its ensemble. In the 1950s, a suburban traffic hall was completed, connected to the Komsomolskaya metro station, the exit of which is located on the square. In 1987-1997 the building was reconstructed: the appearance was updated, the interior rooms were expanded and replanned, roofs were built over the aprons, electronic information equipment was installed, the building was equipped with modern technical means. Every day Kazan station receives and sends more than 70 pairs of long-distance trains and about 200 pairs of electric trains. Direct electric trains from the Kazan station connect Moscow with the cities of Lyubertsy, Kurovskoye, Shatura, Egorievsk, Zhukovsky, Ramenskoye, Voskresensk, Kolomna, Rybnoye, Ryazan.