Myza Station is a railway station of the Gorky Railway (Gorky division), opened in 1903 and located in the Prioksky District of Nizhny Novgorod.[1] It is the terminal dead-end point of the Myza branch line — the former Romodanovo–Kazansky (Romodanovsky) railway. Since 2022 the station has served as the terminus of the first line of the Nizhny Novgorod Central Diameters (NTsD), connecting Nizhny Novgorod with the Mokhovye Gory station (the town of Bor).[1] The station has 1 platform (a side platform, straight) and 5 tracks; the exit leads to tram routes No. 5 and No. 19.[1]

Infrastructure and routes

Beyond Myza station, a roughly one-kilometer stretch of track was built, ending at the Prospekt Gagarina stopping point — near a bus stop and the Myza tram loop on the avenue of the same name.[1] Although the timetable lists commuter trains as running to Myza station, in practice they run only as far as the Prospekt Gagarina stopping point.[1] The station serves several pairs of commuter trains in the Arzamas direction: to Zeletsino station (Kstovsky District) and to Arzamas (disambiguation)-2 station.[1] Before the electrification of the Myza line in 1994, passenger service was operated by D1 diesel trains.[1]

In the 1930s the station's sidings connected with the city's tram system: railway cars were delivered to customers along the Myza tram line (route No. 5, still running today) by special rolling stock of the Gorky Tram Administration.[1] Sidings also branched off from Myza station to the Lenin Factory — one of them crossed the Arzamas highway (now Prospekt Gagarina) — to the Keramik factory and the meat-packing plant in the settlement of Cherepichny.[1] After the end of the Great Patriotic War the connection with the tram tracks was dismantled, and by the beginning of the 21st century the sidings to the district's industrial enterprises had fallen into disrepair from long disuse.[1] In 2006 the rails at the crossing with Prospekt Gagarina were removed, although on the grounds of OJSC Nitel (successor to the Lenin Factory) and on the site in front of its gates, part of the rails has survived.[1]

Cancellation of commuter trains in 2007

On May 3, 2007, the management of the Gorky Railway announced the cancellation of commuter trains on the Myza line due to their unprofitability. Regular passengers organized a protest, during which they blocked traffic on Prospekt Gagarina for half an hour. As a result of this protest, the trains were restored to the timetable.[1]

The Myza–Kstovo line project

In August 2022, Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Gleb Nikitin and head of the Gorky Railway Sergei Dorofeevsky signed an agreement on the construction of the Myza–Kstovo railway branch.[2][3] The project provides for the construction of a combined transport interchange hub, Kstovo-Passazhirskoye (train + bus), a connecting railway loop near Roika station, and the reconstruction of infrastructure at Myza station.[2][3] In August 2024, the reconstruction project for Myza station passed state expert review. The planned line will be 25 km long; intermediate stops are envisaged at Ankudinovka and Bolshaya Yelnya, and the estimated travel time is about 15 minutes.[3] The new line will be 25 km long; stops are planned at Ankudinovka and Bolshaya Yelnya,[3] travel time is about 15 minutes,[3] and the projected passenger flow is 2.5 million people per year with 12 pairs of trains running.[2][3] The new railway line will be 25 km long; intermediate stops are planned at Ankudinovka and Bolshaya Yelnya, and the estimated travel time between Myza and Kstovo is about 15 minutes.[3]

In 2025 the Kstovsky District became part of Nizhny Novgorod, after which the city took second place in Russia by area, An additional justification for launching a city commuter service between Myza station and Kstovo was the incorporation of the Kstovsky District into Nizhny Novgorod in 2025, after which the city became the second-largest in Russia by area after Moscow.[3] The impetus for accelerating the project was the incorporation of the Kstovsky District into Nizhny Novgorod in 2025, after which the city became the second-largest in Russia by area after Moscow, which required ensuring transport accessibility for the new territories.[3] which, according to Deputy Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Sergei Morozov, imposes additional obligations to ensure transport accessibility for the new territories.[3] The project has received support from the federal government; the possibility of transferring its financing through the National Wealth Fund was also considered.[3] According to a statement by Morozov made in 2026, construction work is planned to begin in 2027 and will take about two years to complete.

In parallel, bus service between the two cities is being developed: route No. 100 is intended to connect Druzhaeva Street in the Avtozavodsky District of Nizhny Novgorod with the bus station in Kstovo without transfers; as of August 2026 the route's funding source has not been determined, no state contract has been concluded with a carrier, and the launch of service, originally planned for 2027, remains in question.[4] According to a statement by Deputy Governor of the Nizhny Novgorod Region Sergei Morozov, construction of the line may begin in 2027 and will take about two years; the project has received support from the Government of the Russian Federation.[3][2] As of 2026, construction of the Myza–Kstovo line is planned to begin in 2027; its implementation, according to regional government estimates, will take about two years. The project has received support from the federal government.[3]

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (ru) — Myza (station)
  2. Vremya N — Construction of the Myza–Kstovo rail line will take two years
  3. NIA Nizhny Novgorod — Construction of the Myza–Kstovo commuter rail line may begin in 2027
  4. Otkrytiy Nizhny — Route No. 100 from Nizhny Novgorod to Kstovo still without funding