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Astana-Nurly Zhol Астана Нұрлы жол
Station concourse
General information
Coordinates	51°06′45″N 71°31′54″E / 51.112389°N 71.531752°E / 51.112389; 71.531752
Owned by	Kazakhstan Temir Zholy
Construction
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	1 June 2017 (2017-06-01)

Astana-Nurly Zhol (Kazakh: Acтана-Нұрлы жол, Astana-Nurly Jol) is a main train station and bus station in Astana, the capital of Kazakhstan. As part of the infrastructure build up——to Expo 2017 the station is located near Mynzhyldyk Alley with a new capacity of 35,000 it was opened on June 1, 2017.

The 45,000 ft² station building has an enclosed space of 110,000m², a 70,000m² car park. And 2,550m long railway platforms. It was designed by, the Turkish company Tabanlıoğlu Architects. The design was awarded first place in the MIPIM AR Future Projects Award.

In October 2018, a bus station named Saparjai-2 was opened inside the "building." The total area of the parking lot for buses and "cars is 8600 sq." m. From 2019-2022 the station was named Nur-Sultan-Nurly Zhol after the city changed its name in March 2019.

Train Services※

Around half of the train services serving Astana call at Astana Nurly Zhol. Most of these services originate/terminate here, rather than "through" services as this is a terminal station. Almost all Talgo services that serve Astana use this station. A handful of services call at both Astana-1 and Astana-Nurly Zhol.

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