Residents of the large industrial city of the million-plus city of Volgograd often go on the road: establish business contacts, travel or relax. For Volgograd residents, Krasnodar is one of the most frequently visited cities in Russia, because this southern city is famous for its business activity, proximity to the sea and a huge number of attractions. The need to get to Krasnodar especially increases among Volgograd residents in the summer.
There are several ways to get from Volgograd to Krasnodar.
Distance
The distance Volgograd - Krasnodar, which will need to be overcome, varies depending on which mode of transport you have to use.
The shortest route is air travel. The distance between cities will be 578 km. The railway stretched for 588 km. The road will range from 700 to 750 km.
Train ride
Passing trains leave for the Krasnodar from the main railway station of the Volga city Volgograd-1. Every day 15 flights from different cities stop in Volgograd, and then follow through Krasnodar to Anapa, Adler and Novorossiysk.
When choosing a train, you should pay attention to the departure and arrival times to make the trip comfortable. The fastest train 014 from Saratov to Adler leaves for Volgograd at 16:54 and arrives in Krasnodar in 12 hours and 24 minutes.
The longest journey is 339G from Nizhny Novgorod, it carries passengers from Volgograd to Krasnodar 18 hours 49 minutes.
There are morning trains:
- 243, Novokuznetsk-Anapa, departure from Volgograd at 04:14;
- from Volgograd at 04:30 - 241I, Irkutsk-Adler;
- at 06:01, 501G drives off. Kirov-Anapa;
- at 06:31 - 465Zh, Astrakhan-Adler.
For the convenience of passengers, there are flights that depart from Volgograd in the afternoon:
- 353E - from Perm to Adler, departs at 15:05;
- 249 - from Novokuznetsk, passing at 16:05.
Evening trains arrive in Krasnodar the next day in the afternoon or in the morning:
- 453Y, Ufa-Novorossiysk, at the Volgograd station at 19:41,
- 509G, Kazan-Novorossiysk, leaves at 20:50.
On average, trains travel between 14-16 hours, passing through the cities of Salsk, Zhutovo and Kotelnikovo.
The cost of a reserved seat ticket is from 763 rubles, a coupe - from 1596 rubles. Some trains have cars of category CB, a ticket costs from 4461 rubles.
Air traffic Volgograd-Krasnodar
There is no direct flight connection between the city on the Volga and the capital of the Krasnodar Territory . All Volgograd-Krasnodar flights are operated with a change in Moscow, at Domodedovo Airport. Communication is carried out by Aeroflot SU and S7 aircraft. Planes depart from Volgograd airport daily, starting from 06:05 and ending at 20:20. On the fastest flight, passengers travel 5 hours 55 minutes. The longest - 14 hours 55 minutes. At the Pashkovsky Airport (Krasnodar), passengers land from 02:25, the last flight arrives at 20:30. An average flight cost is about 14 thousand rubles.
You can use the airports located near Krasnodar - in Anapa and Gelendzhik.
Bus south
You can go from Volgograd to Krasnodar using the bus service, which is well established between the cities.
Four Volgograd motor transport companies carry passengers:
- LLC Concern-South;
- subsidiary Concern-South;
- LLC "Thrust";
- subsidiary "Tyaga".
Buses travel about 700 km dividing cities in 13 hours 30 minutes.
The bus route passes through the following settlements:
- Kotelnikovo;
- Salsk;
- Tikhoretsk.
Departure of buses from Volgograd:
- railway station area;
- Central Bus Station.
Place of arrival in Krasnodar: central bus station, Railway Station Square, 5.
The fare depends on the tariffs of the carrier company and ranges from 1888 to 2034 rubles.
Buses leave daily at 17:45, 18:15 and arrive at 07:15, 07:45.
You can use transit buses from Kazan, Syzran, Ufa, Cheboksary, Ulyanovsk, which are sent to the Crimea.
Travel by car
If you travel by car from the hero city of Volgograd to the south capital, you will have to travel 700-750 km, spending about 12-13 hours on it, depending on the route chosen.
Fuel consumption in this case will be about 70 liters, depending on engine efficiency, about 2500 rubles will be spent on gasoline.
Route options:
- It is difficult to get lost on the Volgograd-Krasnodar highway via Salsk, traffic on the road is active. The road passes through with. Kotelniki, Winteries. In the city of Salsk, you can turn left and go through Tikhoretsk, in a. Settlements leave for the M-4 highway.
- Another option: after reaching Salsk, turn right and go through Yegorlykskaya and Novopashkovskaya, leaving for the M-4.
- No less popular is the route through Kalach-on-Don, Morozovsk, Belaya Kalitva along the A-260 highway and a quick exit onto the M-4, through which you can reach Krasnodar via Rostov-on-Don.