How to get to Kursky Station in Moscow

Trains from Kursky Station

Kursky Station serves trains departing eastward to Nizhny Novgorod and southward to Kursk and Belgorod, Kerch and Mariupol, Simferopol and Kharkov, Kislovodsk and Adler, Novy Urengoy and other cities. Transit trains traveling from North to South and the high-speed Sapsan train between St. Petersburg and Nizhny Novgorod, for which a special high platform is allocated, also stop here. Long-distance trains depart from the main platform, where there are 5 platforms and 9 tracks. All platforms are high, except for the first one, from which trains depart for Nizhny Novgorod.

In literature and art

• Kursky Station plays an important role in Venedikt Erofeev’s poem “Moscow - Cockerels”: one of the first scenes of the poem is played out here, from here the main character goes by train to his beloved.

Even if you go left, you will end up at Kursky Station; if it’s straight, it’s still to Kursky Station; if you turn right, you still go to Kursky Station. So go right to be sure to get there.

• In the novel by the Weiner brothers “A Visit to the Minotaur”, a transit train Yerevan - Murmansk, which does not exist in reality, passes through the Kursky Station, on which Grisha Belash with a stolen Stradivarius violin departs for Leningrad at night.

Electric trains from Kursky station

In the southern direction, from the main platform, electric trains go to Tsaritsyno and Podolsk, Lvovskaya and Chekhov, Serpukhov and Tula. Also from here electric trains run in the Riga and Smolensk directions. The first 2 stops Moscow-Kalanchevskaya and Rzhevskaya are common, and then there is a branch.

To the east, in the Gorky direction, electric trains go to Balashikha and Reutovo, Fryazevo and Pavlovsky Posad, Orekhovo-Zuevo and Vladimir, Elektrogorsk and other stations. These trains depart from dead-end platforms, access to which is through turnstiles. There are a total of 5 dead-end platforms at the station, designed for 13 cars.

Destinations, carriers and schedules

Carrier	Distance		Schedule and directions
Russian Railways	Moscow Kursky Station	Long distance	Yandex
Azerbaijan Railways
Ukrainian Railway
TransClassService
Central Suburban Passenger Company		Interregional and suburban communication	TsPPK

High-speed and accelerated movement

Distance			Route	Length	Travel time	Train type	Cars
Long-distance high-speed traffic
Moscow Kursky Station	↔	Nizhny Novgorod Moskovsky railway station Moskovskaya	Vladimir, Kovrov, Dzerzhinsk	442 km.	3 hours 35 minutes	Talgo 250 "Swift"	20
St. Petersburg Moskovsky railway station	↔		Uglovka, Tver, Moscow-Kursk , Vladimir	1097 km.	7 hours 59 minutes	EVS2 "Sapsan"	10
	↔		Chudovo, Okulovka, Bologoye-Moskovskoye, Moscow-Kurskaya , Vladimir		8 hours 11 minutes
Interregional high-speed and accelerated traffic
Moscow Kursky Station	↔	Kovrov	Orekhovo-Zuevo, Vladimir	255 km.	2 hours 40 minutes	ES1 "Swallow"	5 / 10
	↔	Nizhny Novgorod Moskovsky railway station Moskovskaya	Orekhovo-Zuevo, Vladimir, Kovrov, Vyazniki, Gorokhovets, Dzerzhinsk	442 km.	4 hours 05 minutes
	↔	Kursk	Serpukhov, Tula, Skuratovo, Mtsensk, Orel, Zmievka, Glazunovka, Ponyri	537 km.	5 hours 35 minutes	ES2GP "Swallow"
	↔	Eagle	Serpukhov, Tula, Skuratovo, Mtsensk	383 km.	3 hours 47 minutes
	↔	Ivanovo	Vladimir, Shuya	327 km.	3 hours 41 minutes		5
	↔	Tula Moskovsky station	Tsaritsyno, Podolsk, Serpukhov, Tarusskaya, Yasnogorsk	194 km.	2 hours 20 minutes	EP2D "Tula Express"	11
	↔	Vladimir	Zheleznodorozhnaya, Pavlovsky Posad, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Petushki	191 km.	2 hours 19 minutes	ED4M "express"	11
Regional Fast Track
Moscow Kursky Station	↔	Shakhovskaya	Moscow-Kalanchevskaya, Rzhevskaya, Dmitrovskaya, Krasny Baltiets, Leningradskaya, Tushino, Pavshino, Opalikha, Nakhabino, Dedovsk, Bullfinches, Manikhino-1, Istra, Novoierusalimskaya, Kholshcheviki, Rumyantsevo, Novopetrovskaya, Chismena, Volokolamsk	157 km.	2 hours 47 minutes	EP2D "express"	11
	↔	Volokolamsk		129 km.	1 hour 17 minutes
	↔	Serpukhov	Textile workers, Tsaritsyno, Silikatnaya, Podolsk, Hryvnia, Stolbovaya, Chekhov	99 km.	1 hour 30 minutes
	↔	Cool	Novogireevo, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Fryazevo, Pavlovsky Posad, Orekhovo-Zuevo	92 km.	1 hour 25 minutes	ED4M "express"
	↔	Orekhovo-Zuevo	Zheleznodorozhnaya, Pavlovsky Posad	90 km.	1 hour 28 minutes
	↔	Noginsk	Novogireevo, Zheleznodorozhnaya, Fryazevo, Elektrostal, Mashinostroitel	69 km.	1 hour 15 minutes
Tsaritsino Tsaritsino	↔	Shakhovskaya	Lyublino, Tekstilshchiki, Moscow-Kurskaya , Moscow-Kalanchevskaya, Rzhevskaya, Dmitrovskaya, Krasny Baltiets, Leningradskaya, Tushino, Pavshino, Opalikha, Nakhabino, Dedovsk, Bullfinches, Manikhino-1, Istra, Novoierusalimskaya, Kholshcheviki, Rumyantsevo, Novopetrovskaya, Chismena, Volokolamsk	176 km.	3 hours 19 minutes	EP2D "express"
Moscow-Kalanchevskaya Komsomolskaya	↔	Serpukhov	Moscow-Kursk , Textile workers, Tsaritsyno, Silikatnaya, Podolsk, Hryvnia, Stolbovaya, Chekhov	101 km.	1 hour 35 minutes
Podmoskovny Express
Moscow Kursky Station	↔	Railway	Novogireevo	24 km.	0 hours 25 minutes	ED4M "Sputnik"	11

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Electric locomotive EP20-006 with the Strizh train departs from Kursky Station in Moscow

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Electric locomotives ChS7 and EP2K with passenger trains and electric trains ED2T, ED4M and ES1 “Lastochka” at the Kursk station

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Electric train EP2D-0008 (express) at Tula station. Train interior overview

See also: Federal Passenger Company, Azerbaijan Railways, Ukrainian Railways and TransClassService

How to get from Kursky railway station to Sheremetyevo, Domodedovo and Vnukovo airports

To Sheremetyevo Airport

There is no direct connection between Kursky Station and Sheremetyevo Airport. Passengers will travel by metro and Aeroexpress or by metro and bus (minibus):

• Metro + Aeroexpress Take the Circle Line metro to the Belorusskaya station.
• After exiting the station, follow the signs “Exit to Belorussky Station”
• Take the Aeroexpress to Sheremetyevo Airport
• This is the most expensive option, since an Aeroexpress ticket costs from 300 rubles (June 2021), but the most reliable because it allows you to avoid traffic jams.
• This option is convenient if your flight departs from terminals D, E or F. But it is inconvenient if your flight departs from terminals B and C, which are located on the opposite side of the airport. To get to them you will need to make another transfer - to the free metro, which connects the two parts of the airport.

Metro + bus from Planernaya station

Take the Circle Line metro to Krasnopresnenskaya station.

Go to the "Barrikadnaya" station of the Tagansko-Krasnopresnenskaya (purple) line and go to the "Planernaya" station

Go to the airport by bus No. 817 or minibus No. 948

Please note that buses and minibuses go first to Sheremetyevo-2 (terminals F, E and D), and then to Sheremetyevo-1 (terminals B and C)

Metro + bus from Rechnoy Vokzal station

Take the Circle Line of the metro to the Belorusskaya station.

Go to the Belorusskaya station of the Zamoskvoretskaya (green) line and go to the Rechnoy Vokzal station.

Go to the airport by bus No. 851 or minibus No. 949.

Please note that bus No. 851 first goes to Sheremetyevo-1 (terminals B and C), and then to Sheremetyevo-2 (terminals F, E and D). Minibus No. 949 goes first to Sheremetyevo-2 (terminals F, E and D), and then to Sheremetyevo-1 (terminals B and C).

If you are traveling in a large group, it may be more convenient and cheaper to take a taxi. The cost of a taxi from Kursky Station to Sheremetyevo is from 1000 rubles. But the driving time will greatly depend on traffic jams.

To Domodedovo airport

• by electric train or Aeroexpress departing to Domodedovo airport from Paveletsky station - Paveletskaya metro station. Travel time will be 1 hour 10 minutes by electric train and 40–50 minutes by Aeroexpress
• take the metro to Domodedovo station, then take bus No. 405 or a minibus. Travel time will be approximately 30 minutes

To Vnukovo airport

• on the Aeroexpress departing to Vnukovo airport from the Kievsky railway station - Kyiv metro station. Travel time will be 35 minutes
• take the metro to Yugo-Zapadnaya station, then take bus No. 611 or 611C - express, travel time will be 35–40 minutes or by minibus No. 45, travel time will be about 20 minutes
• take the metro to Oktyabrskaya Koltsevaya station, then take minibus No. 705m. Travel time will be approximately 40 minutes.

If you travel by ground transport, take into account the time it takes to overcome possible traffic jams.

Notes

1. Arkhangelsky, Arkhangelsky, 1981, p. (T.1) 324.
2. Arkhangelsky, Arkhangelsky, 1981, p. (T.2) 319.
3. Invisible stations of Moscow, 2005.
4. Krasheninnikov, 1998, p. 19.20.
5. Petrov, 2006, p. 74.
6. ↑ 12
   Kursky Station on the Discover Moscow portal.
7. ↑ 1234
   History of railway stations and stations: Kursky railway station, Moscow.
8. ↑ 123
   Moscow. Architecture of Soviet modernism 1955 - 1991, 2021, p. 124-127.
9. Heydor, Kazus, 2014, p. 453.
10. [https://redbook.archnadzor.ru/read#281 Kursk station Zemlyanoy Val st., 29]. Red Book of Archnadzor: electronic catalog of Moscow’s immovable cultural heritage sites that are under threat
    . Arkhnadzor (09/22/2018).
11. Freight yards in Moscow: current situation and development prospects, 2014.
12. Structural divisions - DZhV
13. Train schedule: Moscow (Kursky station)
14. Comparative passenger flow of stopping points in the Kursk direction of the Moscow Railway
15. ↑ 12
    Register of municipal routes for regular transportation of passengers and luggage by road and ground electric transport in the city of Moscow dated December 6, 2017.
16. Changing the route of tram number 20
17. Part 2 of the Register of adjacent interregional routes of regular transportation between the city of Moscow and the Moscow region as of November 7, 2017
18. Register of related interregional and intermunicipal routes of the Moscow region

How to get from Kursky Station to other Moscow stations

• Kazan, Leningrad and Yaroslavl

From Kurskaya Koltsevaya metro station, go 1 stop to Komsomolskaya station. Travel time will be 3 minutes. Also take into account the time required to get to the Kazansky railway station through a long underground passage.

• Kyiv

From Kurskaya Koltsevaya metro station, go 6 stops to Kyiv station. Travel time will be 14 minutes

• Paveletsky

From Kurskaya Koltsevaya metro station, go 2 stops to Paveletskaya station. Travel time will be 5 minutes

• Rizhsky

From the Kurskaya Koltsevaya metro station, go 2 stops to the Prospekt Mira metro station, go to the Kuluzhsko-Rizhskaya line and go 1 stop to the Rizhskaya station. Travel time will be 10 minutes

• Savelovsky

From the Kurskaya Koltsevaya metro station, go 3 stops to the Novoslobodskaya metro station, go to the Mendeleevskaya station of the Serpukhovsko-Timiryazevskaya line and go 1 stop to the Savelovskaya station. Travel time will be 13 minutes.

Transfers to public transport

Moscow subway

From the lower floor of the station you can get into the combined lobby of the Kurskaya metro stations of the Arbatsko-Pokrovskaya and Circle lines. This lobby can also be accessed directly from the platforms through pedestrian tunnel No. 3 and through two ground lobbies from the Kursk Station square. It is more convenient to access electric trains in the Gorky direction through the combined vestibule of the Chkalovskaya and Kurskaya stations of the Circle Line, located 100 m from the station on the street. Earthworks.

Ground public transport

List of ground public transport routes ↓
Number	Route			Route
Regular bus routes
B

Paveletsky railway station↔Smolenskaya
Smolensky BoulevardSadovoye Ring ring and night ring routes40Sokolniki Sports Palace
Sokolniki↔"Red Path Factory"
Novorogozhskaya street, Staroslobodskaya street, Shumkina street, Malenkovskaya street, Krasnoselskaya, Komsomolskaya square, Novoryazanskaya street, Spartakovskaya street, Razgulay (square), Alexander Lukyanov street, Zemlyanoy Val (square), Kursky railway station
, Upper Syromyatnicheskaya street, Vysokoyauzsky bridge, Ilyich Square, RimskayaTram routesBKursky railway station
1st Syromyatnichesky Lane↔Sokolnicheskaya Zastava
SokolnikiVerkhniy Susalny Lane, Syromyatnichesky Proezd., Academician Tupolev Embankment, Radio Street, Baumanskaya Street, Olkhovskaya Street, Nizhnyaya Krasnoselskaya Street, Krasnoprudnaya Street, Rusakovskaya Street20Kursky railway station
} 1st Syromyatnichesky Lane↔Krasnokazarmennaya Square[15][16] Volochaevskaya streetVerkhny Susalny Lane, Verkhnyaya Syromyatnicheskaya Street, Kostomarovsky Lane, Andronevskaya Square 24Novogireevo
Novogireevo↔Kursky railway station
1st Syromyatnichesky LaneGreen Avenue, 3rd Vladimirskaya Street, Enthusiasts Highway, Krasnokazarmennaya Street, st. Radio

Services at Kursky Station

• Sale of travel documents and delivery to your home and organization. Cash desks are open 24 hours a day
• Waiting rooms, including superior ones
• Mother and baby room and baby changing area
• Accommodation in rest rooms
• Luggage storage
• Porter services within the station and beyond
• Information and reference services and public address announcements
• Transfer to other train stations and airports, order a taxi
• Photocopying and laminating services, e-mail and computer work, fax reception and transmission
• Currency exchange offices and dry cleaning, shoe repair and photo studio
• Wi-Fi internet throughout the territory is free
• Ordering excursions and tourist trips in Russia and abroad
• Organization of meetings, send-offs and cargo delivery
• Pharmacy and medical center
• Playroom for children
• Postal and communication services, ATM
• Showers and toilets, there is a Service center
• 24-hour operation of bars, cafes and buffets
• Souvenir kiosks and kiosks with essential goods
• Selling flowers
• Car parking available
• Services for people with disabilities - an elevator for wheelchair users, signs for the visually impaired are made much larger than usual

Luggage storage

The station is equipped with automated storage lockers. The cost of the service depends on the size of the luggage:

• a small cell costs 100 rubles. plus 50 rub. for all subsequent hours, a fee of 220 rubles is charged per day;
• the cost of an average cell is 210 rubles. first hour plus 80 rub. all subsequent hours and days cost 450 rubles;
• For an hour of storing things in a large cell, a fee of 150 rubles is charged. plus 80 rub. for all subsequent hours, you must pay 360 rubles per day;
• a cell of maximum size costs 200 rubles. for the first hour plus 100 rubles. for all subsequent hours, days cost 500 rubles.

From the history

The lost Crimean War of 1853–1856, when cargo took months to be delivered to the south of the country, showed the need to build transport arteries in Russia and primarily to Nizhny Novgorod and Kursk.

Since there was not enough money in the treasury after the war, in 1857 Alexander II allowed the construction of a railway to Serpukhov and Tula, Orel and Kursk at the expense of investors. In order to save money, the original project was simplified, and the army and prisoners were involved in the construction of the road. In 1866, train traffic began to Serpukhov and the road began to be built further to Kursk.

Traffic to Nizhny Novgorod began in 1865, and the place for the Nizhny Novgorod station behind the Kamer-College Val, officially recognized as the city’s border since the mid-18th century, was chosen by the Minister of Transport himself, P.P. Melnikov. The station is located at the Pokrovskaya Zastava, not far from Bolshoy Nikolsky Lane, now known as Puteysky Dead End. Land in these places was inexpensive, subject to low taxes, and the requirements for sanitation and labor protection were not as strict as in Moscow. The wooden station building was built of wood and, according to eyewitnesses, was narrow and nondescript. The increased passenger flow required expansion of the station, and already in 1865 it was increased with two extensions.

Train departures

Itinerary	Train number	Departure time
ADLER → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	114С	00:09
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	059G	00:33
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → IZHEVSK 1	129A	01:24
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	718I	01:56
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	082B	03:25
VOLGOGRAD 1 → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	089ZH	03:43
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	081A	03:56
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → VLADIKAVKAZ	135A	04:05
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → MAKHACHKALA-PORT	135A	04:05
VELIKY NOVGOROD → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	042H	05:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	702N	06:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	745V	06:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	740I	07:07
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	728G	07:12
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → OREL	725M	08:47
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	757N	09:20
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	730G	09:33
MURMANSK → BELGOROD	119A	09:47
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	119A	09:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	704N	10:34
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	741A	11:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	706N	14:00
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	838I	14:09
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	719M	14:23
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	708N	15:43
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	721H	16:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	732G	16:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	734G	18:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	738I	20:09
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	710N	20:21
VLADIKAVKAZ → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	121С	20:57
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	771N	21:12
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	120V	21:21
BELGOROD → MURMANSK	120V	21:21
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	141V	21:44
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	141V	21:44
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	071B	21:58
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → VELIKY NOVGOROD	041G	22:09
CHELYABINSK → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	146U	22:21
ST. PETERSBURG LAD. → CHELYABINSK	145A	22:57

Consolidation of Nizhegorodsky and Kursky railway stations

The railway to Nizhny Novgorod was called temporary in many documents, and the founders were trying to allocate land for the construction of a new station. The owner of the road, the Main Society of Russian Railways, had limited funds and could not independently solve the problem of moving the station closer to the center.

At this time, new railways were being built in Russia, old station buildings were being rebuilt, and it was decided to merge the Kursk station with Nizhny Novgorod. In 1894, the Moscow-Nizhny Novgorod railway was purchased by the treasury, and in January 1896, a merger took place and the Moscow-Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod and Murom railway was created. On the Garden Ring, designed by architect N.I. Orlov, a new station complex is being built. The bright station building, made in a pseudo-classical style, was decorated with columns and stucco moldings on the walls and ceiling inside the premises. The left wing was assigned to Kursk, and the right wing to Nizhny Novgorod. June 14, 1896 became the birthday of the Nizhny Novgorod-Kursky railway station, which soon became known as Kursky.

The old Nizhny Novgorod station served freight and military trains for a long time. Especially a lot of cargo came to the warehouses of the Red Cross and the Metallurgical Plant, the Nobel plant and other enterprises during the First World War in 1914–1917. Over time, new buildings in the capital absorbed the old station and now there are residential buildings on this site.

Train arrivals

Itinerary	Train number	Arrival time
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	059G	00:15
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → IZHEVSK 1	129A	01:12
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	082B	03:13
VOLGOGRAD 1 → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	089ZH	03:31
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → MAKHACHKALA-PORT	135A	03:36
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → VLADIKAVKAZ	135A	03:36
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	081A	03:42
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	718I	04:50
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	141M	05:20
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	141M	05:20
VELIKY NOVGOROD → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	042H	05:32
KISLOVODSK PASS. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	084C	05:33
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	072B	06:32
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	757N	09:03
OLD OSCOL → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	057H	09:20
MURMANSK → BELGOROD	119A	09:33
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	119A	09:33
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	738I	10:03
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	727G	10:24
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	722M	11:19
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	701N	11:35
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	720V	12:07
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	729G	13:48
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	703N	14:57
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	838H	17:24
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	731G	17:36
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	705N	19:48
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	742A	19:55
VLADIKAVKAZ → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	121С	20:43
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	771N	20:57
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	120V	21:07
BELGOROD → MURMANSK	120V	21:07
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → VELIKY NOVGOROD	041G	21:38
CHELYABINSK → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	146U	21:51
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	733G	22:10
ST. PETERSBURG LAD. → CHELYABINSK	145A	22:33
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	707N	22:34
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	740I	22:39
OREL → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	726M	22:55
ADLER → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	114С	23:44
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	746G	23:55
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	709N	23:59

Kursky Station in Soviet times

In March 1932, a competition was announced for the reconstruction project of the station complex. The winner was the young 30-year-old architect Georgy Ippolitovich Voloshinov, whose project intended to preserve the architectural features of the building. The renovated station was opened in 1938.

In 1948, the next reconstruction took place, during which the halls were redesigned, but the marble and old stucco were preserved. Under the leadership of Evgeny Lansere, People's Artist of the USSR, who participated in the design of the Kazan and Yaroslavl stations, plafonds were created - allegories of the four rivers with which the Kursk station was now connected - the Oka and Kama, the Volga and the Moscow River.

In 1962, during the Khrushchev struggle against excesses, they decided to significantly expand the building without luxury in decoration, preserving the old premises and without stopping the work of the entire station complex. The new building with stained glass windows was built in 1972 under the leadership of the chief architect of the project G.I. Voloshinov, who knew the previous structure very well. The old premises were preserved as one of the halls of the new station complex.

Links

• kursky.dzvr.ru
  - official website of the Kursky railway station in Moscow
• Directory of stations. Moscow-Passenger-Kurskaya. JSC Russian Railways. Retrieved March 25, 2021.
• Scheme of the Kursk station (Russian). Kursky Station → everything for the passenger
  . kursky-vokzal.ru (2017). Retrieved March 25, 2021.
• Kursk station. Get to know Moscow (2017). Retrieved November 10, 2017.
• History of railway stations and stations: Kursky railway station, Moscow. JSC Russian Railways (2017). Retrieved November 10, 2021..

Kursk station now

The huge central hall is built on the principle of an aviation terminal and is more than 200 meters long and 40 meters wide. From the spacious underground hall you can go through three corridors to the platforms, to the ticket office or down to the metro. The waiting rooms are located in a restored old building with preserved Lansere lampshades. While here, we find ourselves in the middle of the last century and admire the creation of a talented artist.

The new building sparkles with stained glass windows, and the high 15-meter facade overlooks the station square, where passengers can hide from the rain under a nine-meter folded canopy roof. Escalators connect different levels of the building and an underground storage room, and spacious waiting rooms can accommodate up to 11 thousand people. The multi-storey Atrium shopping center is connected to the station complex by an overpass.

During the reconstruction in 2008–2009, the building was updated from the inside. New displays and escalators were installed, an elevator for the disabled and a children's room were added. Kursky Station in Moscow has become the best in Russia and meets European standards.

Train departures

Itinerary	Train number	Departure time
IZHEVSK 1 → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	130G	00:33
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	059A	01:24
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	718I	01:56
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	082B	03:25
KISLOVODSK PASS. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	049H	03:37
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	081A	03:56
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → VOLGOGRAD 1	089A	04:43
VELIKY NOVGOROD → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	042H	05:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	702N	06:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	745V	06:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	740I	07:07
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	728G	07:12
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → OREL	725M	08:47
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	757N	09:20
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	730G	09:33
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	119A	09:47
MURMANSK → BELGOROD	119A	09:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	704N	10:34
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	741A	11:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	706N	14:00
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	838I	14:09
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	719M	14:23
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	708N	15:43
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	721H	16:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	732G	16:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	734G	18:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	738I	20:09
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	710N	20:21
MAKHACHKALA-PORT → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	135С	20:57
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → OLD OSCOL	057B	20:58
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	771N	21:12
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	120V	21:21
BELGOROD → MURMANSK	120V	21:21
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	141V	21:44
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	141V	21:44
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	071B	21:58
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → VELIKY NOVGOROD	041G	22:09

Interesting facts about Kursky Station

• The newspaper Moskovsky Listok wrote in May 1896 about the opening of the Kursk station: “On May 25, the new combined station of the Kursk, Nizhny Novgorod and Murom railways was inaugurated. After the solemn service, inside, in the restaurants and halls of the 1st and 2nd classes, breakfast was served for 1000 cuverts for the pure public, and on the platforms - refreshments for 1000 workers."
• A.P. went to his estate Melikhovo, 13 km from Lopasnya station, now the city of Chekhov. Chekhov. On the train they recognized him and looked at him, but the writer pretended not to notice it
• Once in Tula, a man in peasant clothes entered the carriage and, sitting down, began to eat rye bread with herring. One of the fellow travelers began to be indignant about the inadmissibility of travel in first-class carriages for commoners. The master was indignant and demanded to take the passenger out of the carriage and did not listen to the conductor, who whispered in his ear that he was lucky enough to travel in the same compartment with Count Lev Nikolaevich Tolstoy
• It is interesting that the reconstruction of 1972 was designed for passenger traffic until 2000
• Not far from the station complex, at 4th Syromyatnichesky Lane, building 1, building 6, there is the Winzavod Center for Contemporary Art, where exhibitions, festivals and presentations are held, and there is an art cafe
• From here you can get to two Zakharovo stations, one of which is located in the Gorky direction, on the right bank of the Klyazma River near Noginsk, and the second is on the Zvenigorod branch of the Belarusian direction
• On the main platform of the station there are the longest platforms in Russia No. 3 and No. 4, designed for 32 cars. Platform No. 11 is a continuation of platform No. 1 and together with it is also designed for 32 cars.

Over more than 100 years of history, the appearance of the station has changed. Now Kursky Station in Moscow is the largest not only in the capital, but also in Russia. But as before, there are cab drivers - modern taxi drivers - standing on the station square, and passengers are also rushing to catch the train.

Train arrivals

Itinerary	Train number	Arrival time
IZHEVSK 1 → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	130G	00:15
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	059A	01:12
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	082B	03:13
KISLOVODSK PASS. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	049H	03:22
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	081A	03:42
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → VOLGOGRAD 1	089A	04:12
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	718I	04:50
ST. PETERSBURG LAD. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	711A	05:09
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	141M	05:20
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	141M	05:20
VELIKY NOVGOROD → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	042H	05:32
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	072B	06:32
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	757N	09:03
OLD OSCOL → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	057H	09:20
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	119A	09:33
MURMANSK → BELGOROD	119A	09:33
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	738I	10:03
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	727G	10:24
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	722M	11:19
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	701N	11:35
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	720V	12:07
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	729G	13:48
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	703N	14:57
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	838H	17:24
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	731G	17:36
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	705N	19:48
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	742A	19:55
MAKHACHKALA-PORT → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	135С	20:43
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	771N	20:57
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	120V	21:07
BELGOROD → MURMANSK	120V	21:07
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → VELIKY NOVGOROD	041G	21:38
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	733G	22:10
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	707N	22:34
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	740I	22:39
OREL → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	726M	22:55
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	746G	23:55
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	709N	23:59

Train arrivals

Itinerary	Train number	Arrival time
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	059G	00:15
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → IZHEVSK 1	129A	01:12
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	082B	03:13
KISLOVODSK PASS. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	049H	03:22
VOLGOGRAD 1 → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	089ZH	03:31
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → VLADIKAVKAZ	135A	03:36
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → MAKHACHKALA-PORT	135A	03:36
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	081A	03:42
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	718I	04:50
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	141M	05:20
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	141M	05:20
VELIKY NOVGOROD → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	042H	05:32
KISLOVODSK PASS. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	084C	05:33
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	072B	06:32
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	757N	09:03
OLD OSCOL → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	057H	09:20
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	119A	09:33
MURMANSK → BELGOROD	119A	09:33
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	738I	10:03
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	727G	10:24
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	722M	11:19
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	701N	11:35
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	720V	12:07
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	729G	13:48
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	744B	14:43
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	703N	14:57
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	838H	17:24
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	731G	17:36
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	705N	19:48
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	742A	19:55
VLADIKAVKAZ → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	121С	20:43
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	771N	20:57
BELGOROD → MURMANSK	120V	21:07
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	120V	21:07
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → KISLOVODSK PASS.	049A	21:33
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → VELIKY NOVGOROD	041G	21:38
CHELYABINSK → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	146U	21:51
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	733G	22:10
ST. PETERSBURG LAD. → CHELYABINSK	145A	22:33
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	707N	22:34
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	740I	22:39
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	716H	22:55
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	746G	23:55
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	709N	23:59

Train departures

Itinerary	Train number	Departure time
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	059G	00:33
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → IZHEVSK 1	129A	01:24
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	718I	01:56
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	082B	03:25
VOLGOGRAD 1 → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	089ZH	03:43
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	081A	03:56
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → MAKHACHKALA-PORT	135A	04:05
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → VLADIKAVKAZ	135A	04:05
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → ADLER	113A	04:32
VELIKY NOVGOROD → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	042H	05:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	702N	06:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	745V	06:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	740I	07:07
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	728G	07:12
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	715V	08:47
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	757N	09:20
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	730G	09:33
MURMANSK → BELGOROD	119A	09:47
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	119A	09:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	704N	10:34
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	741A	11:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	706N	14:00
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	838I	14:09
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	719M	14:23
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	712M	14:58
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	708N	15:43
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	743B	15:47
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	732G	16:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	721H	16:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	734G	18:35
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → IVANOVO	738I	20:09
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → N.NOVGOROD MOSK.	710N	20:21
VLADIKAVKAZ → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	121С	20:57
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → OLD OSCOL	057B	20:58
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	771N	21:12
BELGOROD → MURMANSK	120V	21:21
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	120V	21:21
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	141V	21:44
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → KURSK	141V	21:44
MOSCOW KURSKAYA → BELGOROD	071B	21:58
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → VELIKY NOVGOROD	041G	22:09
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → KISLOVODSK PASS.	049A	22:11
CHELYABINSK → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	146U	22:21
ST. PETERSBURG LAD. → CHELYABINSK	145A	22:57

Train arrivals

Itinerary	Train number	Arrival time
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	059G	00:15
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → IZHEVSK 1	129A	01:12
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	082B	03:13
VOLGOGRAD 1 → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	089ZH	03:31
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → VLADIKAVKAZ	135A	03:36
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → MAKHACHKALA-PORT	135A	03:36
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	081A	03:42
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → ADLER	113A	04:18
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	718I	04:50
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	141M	05:20
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	141M	05:20
VELIKY NOVGOROD → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	042H	05:32
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	072B	06:32
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	757N	09:03
OLD OSCOL → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	057H	09:20
MURMANSK → BELGOROD	119A	09:33
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → BELGOROD	119A	09:33
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	738I	10:03
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	727G	10:24
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	722M	11:19
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	701N	11:35
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	720V	12:07
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	729G	13:48
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	744B	14:43
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	703N	14:57
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	838H	17:24
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	731G	17:36
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	705N	19:48
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	742A	19:55
VLADIKAVKAZ → ST. PETERSBURG GL.	121С	20:43
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW.	771N	20:57
BELGOROD → MURMANSK	120V	21:07
BELGOROD → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	120V	21:07
ST. PETERSBURG GL. → KISLOVODSK PASS.	049A	21:33
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → VELIKY NOVGOROD	041G	21:38
CHELYABINSK → ST. PETERSBURG LAD.	146U	21:51
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	733G	22:10
ST. PETERSBURG LAD. → CHELYABINSK	145A	22:33
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	707N	22:34
IVANOVO → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	740I	22:39
KURSK → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	716H	22:55
BELGOROD → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	746G	23:55
N.NOVGOROD MOSCOW. → MOSCOW KURSKAYA	709N	23:59