The airport is the starting point for most people heading to Sochi. It is here, in the Adler region, where passengers branch off in different directions. One convenient alternative to regular road transport is the train, which departs from right outside the airport.

The upcoming Olympic games will raise a number of issues. For example, the amount of passengers arriving in Sochi will need to be taken into account when developing the transport infrastructure. To cope with this, a new railway terminal is being built adjacent to the airport. It will provide a direct route for passengers to the Adler railway station.

Just after boarding, the train will enter a tunnel 344 metres long. The track will measure 2 kilometres 716 meters in total. About a quarter of the route will consist of overpasses. The train will run every fifteen minutes, which will allow for the transportation of more than six thousand passengers per hour. This includes those heading both in the Tuapse direction and to the Olympic sites situated in the mountains and in the region of Vesyoloye.