In 2018 it is planned to launch a railway bypassing the Krasnodar

The project envisages reconstruction of the Maxim Gorky - Tikhoretskaya - Crimean and construction of the railway 65 km long.
According to the agency "RBC Kuban", the Russian government approved the investment program of Russian Railways for 2016 in the amount of about 432 billion. Rubles. Part of the funds will go to the construction of the railway bypass of Krasnodar and the approaches to the ports of Azov, Black Sea basins. The project will allow trains northbound towards Taman, bypassing the Krasnodar. On the way, will only move freight trains. At the same time the draft is necessary because of the planned capacity expansion ports of the Azov-Black Sea coast.
It is not known how much money will be invested in the construction of the bypass. But earlier it was planned that the total investment from the federal budget for this project will be more than 88 billion. Rubles. The project is expected to be completed in 2018.