Kursky railway station

Moscow Kurskaya
Moscow Railway terminal
View of the station's main entrance
Location	Russia, Moscow
Coordinates	55°45′27″N 37°39′38″E / 55.7575°N 37.660556°E / 55.7575; 37.660556
Line(s)	Alexeyevskaya Connection Line Nizhny Novgorod Line Kursk Line
Platforms	9
Tracks	17
Connections	Moscow Metro stations:  3  Kurskaya  5  Kurskaya  10  Chkalovskaya
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Other information
Station code	191602
Fare zone	0
History
Opened	1896
Rebuilt	1938, 1972
Services
Preceding station   Moscow Railway   Following station Moscow Kalanchyovskaya toward Moscow Smolenskaya Alexeyevskaya Connection Line Terminus Terminus Gorky Line Serp i Molot toward Petushki Terminus Kursk Line Moscow Tovarnaya-Kurskaya toward Tula 1

Kursky railway terminal (Russian: Ку́рский вокза́л, Kursky vokzal) also known as Moscow Kurskaya railway station (Russian: Москва́-Ку́рская, Moskva-Kurskaya) is one of the nine railway terminals in Moscow. It was built in 1896. There are currently plans to completely rebuild or refurbish the Kursky station. Kursky Station, unlike most Moscow terminals, operates two almost opposite railroad directions from Moscow: one toward Kursk, Russia, after which the station is named, that stretches on into Ukraine, and another toward Nizhniy Novgorod, which is less used by long distance trains, mostly for the high-speed service to Nizhniy. Kursky is connected to the Lengradskiy Line from the other side, enabling long-distance trains from St. Petersburg to other cities to pass through Russia's capital. Because of its three directions, its adjacency to the city center, and its connection to three major metro lines, Kursky is one of Moscow's busiest railway stations.

Suburban commuter trains (elektrichkas) connect Kursky station with the towns of Podolsk, Serpukhov, Chekhov, Tula on Kursk direction and Reutov (Reutovo), Balashikha, Zheleznodorozhny, Staraya Kupavna (Kupavna), Elektrougli, Elektrostal, Noginsk, Pavlovsky Posad, Elektrogorsk, Orekhovo-Zuevo, Kirzhach and Pokrov on the Gorkovsky suburban direction of Moscow Railway. Besides that, Kurskiy Station has commuter connections with the Rizhskiy, Belorussky and Leningradsky directions, although less frequent.