Night train route
Moscow–Kazan Double-Decker
Moscow → Kazan · Russia
Two storeys of berths slip out of Kazansky station at 23:08 and pull in below the Tatar kremlin by breakfast. Russia’s double-deck night-train boom, eastbound.
- Distance
- 793 km
- Fastest time
- ≈ 11 h 30 min
- Average speed
- 69 km/h
- Top speed
- 120 km/h
Stations
- 0 kmKazan Passenger Moscow +2
- 208 kmVekovka
- 286 kmMurom
- 298 kmNavashino
- 408 kmАрзамас-2
- 435 kmБобыльская
- 480 kmSmagino
- 522 kmSergach
- 586 kmShumerlya
- 660 kmKanash
- 700 kmUrmary
- 752 kmZeleny Dol
- 787 kmKazan-Passazhirskaya
The stations OpenStreetMap lists for this service, in order, with the distance along the line as drawn here. A train may skip some of them. A +N after a station: N other routes on this map stop or end there, and the map draws it as a station where lines meet.
How this line was checked
- Line drawn from OpenStreetMap relation 2345971: the same nodes OpenStreetMap holds for this railway, thinned to within 43 m of them
- Checked against OpenStreetMap: the whole line lies on real track, a median 10 m from it
- The operator publishes this line's timetable: Russian Railways, a place to look it up, not a check of our drawing
- Wikipedia has an article for this line
- See for yourself: open this line on the map with OpenStreetMap's own railway drawn underneath it
Questions and answers
How long is the Moscow–Kazan Double-Decker?
The Moscow–Kazan Double-Decker runs 793 km from Moscow to Kazan.
How long does the Moscow–Kazan Double-Decker take?
The fastest scheduled journey is ≈ 11 h 30 min for the 793 km. That is an average of 69 km/h end to end. The line's top service speed is 120 km/h.
Who runs the Moscow–Kazan Double-Decker?
RZD, with Double-deck sleeper № 23/24.
How old is the Moscow–Kazan Double-Decker?
The line has been in service since 2015. That is the year the atlas dates it from: for a modern brand running over an older railway, it is the railway's date, not the brand's.
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