1A terminal at the Kazan international airport starts operating in test mode

Registration of passengers for the flight Kazan –Astrakhan was conducted in a test mode at the 1A terminal at the Kazan international airport. President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and Chief of Gorky Railway, the branch of OAO “Russian Railways”, Anatoly Lesun visited new terminal.

Before that they had inspected construction of several railway objects. In particular, they visited the building of a suburban station “Kazan” of the Gorky Railway.

To the point, reconstruction started in October 2011 in connection with change of the Kazan railway station into an up-to-date transport hub. The Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov and Chief of Gorky Railway Anatoly Lesun were told about distribution of the passenger flow, accomplished work and activities planned.

After seeing the building, Rustam Minnikhanov and Anatoly Lesun accompanied by the Mayor of Kazan Ilsur Metshin, Minister of transport and road construction Lenar Safin, Minister of construction, architecture, housing and utility services Irek Faizullin, went to the airport by rail.

Realisation of the project of intermodal transportations from the Kazan railway station to the Kazan international airport is being implemented in a few ways. Besides reconstruction of the Kazan station, the current railway infrastructure at sections Kazan-Tikhoretskaya and Tikhoretskaya – airport, elevated approach section of the railway close to the airport, and the railway substation are being reconstructed. It is expected that total cost of the project will make 11 bln roubles. The project is funded by OAO “Russian Railways”.

Upon arrival to the airport, Rustam Minnikhanov and Anatoly Lesun went to the 1A terminal and inspected test registration of passengers.

Construction of the new terminal with total area of 20 thousand m² started in September 2009 under the ambitious program on the Kazan airport modernization. The acceptance rate of the terminal is 1.2 mln passengers per year. The construction cost made about 2 bln roubles.