It is quite easy to organize a trip from Yekaterinburg to Kazan. If you want to get there faster, you can use the plane, and if slower and cheaper, then the train or intercity buses. Below we will talk about all the ways.
Air flight
The distance from Yekaterinburg to Kazan is almost 1000 kilometers, it can be flown by plane in 1.5 hours. RusLuin airlines fly from Koltsovo airport to Kazan. Evening flights: at 20:00 and 21:20. The cost of a one-way ticket is from 5300 rubles. Return flights from Kazan to Yekaterinburg depart at 20:30 and 21:50. They arrive in Koltsovo in 1.5 hours.
It should be remembered that there are several ways to get from Koltsovo airport to the center of Yekaterinburg:
- By bus number 1. The trip will take about an hour, the ticket costs 28 rubles.
- On the minibus number 1. 100 rubles for a ticket, 20 rubles for luggage, 45 minutes on the road.
- Railway Express. A ticket costs from 15 to 60 rubles, it takes 40 minutes to get to the station.
In Kazan, the airport is located 25 kilometers southeast of the city. Several trains run from it to the center every day. Minibus number 197 to the airport runs from 6 am to 10 pm. A ticket costs 60 rubles, but it does not go to the city center, but to its eastern outskirts.
Rail ride
It is more convenient and cheaper to get from Yekaterinburg to Kazan by rail, but it will take from 13 to 17 hours, and not 1.5 hours, as with an air flight.
There are many trains on this route, the departure schedule is varied:
- 01:30. Branded train that follows from Yekaterinburg to Kislovodsk. Drives slowly, almost 17 hours.
- 03:19, 03:54 and 04:04. Ordinary fast trains that go to Kazan-2 station.
- 09:53. Passenger trains run infrequently.
- 10:12. Branded trains from Nizhnevartovsk and Yekaterinburg. They go relatively fast (13 hours on the way), but the tickets are the most expensive.
- 13:50. Composition from Yekaterinburg to Sochi.
- 18:17. The train from Barnaul to Adler runs every other day.
- 18:43. Rare international trains of Kazakh and Uzbek formations.
- 21:20. A train that is scheduled on certain dates.
- 22:22. Daily composition from Novy Urengoy.
- 22:33. Also daily train from Nizhnevartovsk.
- 22:43. The passenger train runs every other day, making a stop at the Kazan-2 railway station.
The trains go through the following stations and cities: Krasnoufimsk, Yanaul, Sarapul, Agryz, Vyatskiye Polyany. Thus, on the way from Yekaterinburg to Kazanthe train crosses the territory of six regions of Russia.
In the opposite direction, trains depart from Kazan from 6 am to 2 am. Kazan is also suitable for connecting to Moscow and to various cities in southern Russia (Adler, Novorossiysk, Volgograd).
The cost of a train ticket will depend on a number of factors (season, promotions, type of car), approximate prices are:
- Seated - from 980 rubles.
- Reserved seat - from 1000 rubles.
- Compartment - from 2000 rubles.
Stations in Yekaterinburg and Kazan are large and comfortable, it's nice to wait for the train.
Ride on the bus
For those wishing to get from Yekaterinburg to Kazan, this option is the least convenient, since direct buses run rarely. At 20:00, a flight to Kazan departs from the Northern bus station in Yekaterinburg. He is on the road for 21 hours. The ticket costs from 1600 rubles. The return flight from Kazan departs from the central bus station at 22:10. On the way, he passes through the following cities: Naberezhnye Chelny, Mozhga, Izhevsk, Perm.
Drive a car
By car, the distance from Yekaterinburg to Kazan can be traveled in 13 hours. The length of the route is about 960 kilometers. You need to go only on one highway - E-22. It has good quality, there are many settlements along the way, the largest of them is Perm.
There are several interesting places to visit along the way. For example, the city of Kungur is interesting not only for its museum and ancient architecture, but also for one of the most famous in Russiacaves.
Not far from Kungur is the village of Molebka - it is known for its anomalous zone.
In the Udmurt village of Debesy, you can visit the Museum of the History of the Siberian Highway, and in the small town of Arsk, not far from Kazan, there is the Kazan-Su recreation park.
It's worth making a stop in Perm along the way to visit the city's attractions, such as the open-air Khokhlovka Museum and the Museum of Antiquities.
