On November 24, Russian Railways presented the project “Santa Claus Train” at the Kazan Railway Station in Moscow. Mobile residence of Santa Claus This is a specialized festively decorated train, which will include a reception lounge, cars for games and quests, a restaurant car, a shop car and technical cars for staff.
The Santa Claus train will depart on December 5 from Veliky Ustyug and will travel for 41 days through more than 30 cities and regions of the Russian Federation. Directly on New Year’s Eve, the train will arrive in the Sochi mountain cluster. The project will finish on the eve of the Old New Year, January 13, in Veliky Ustyug.
“Santa Claus Train”, presented by the Russian Railways holding at the Kazan railway Station. The festive train includes a retro locomotive and 9 themed cars © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Santa Claus during the presentation of the “Santa Claus Train” presented by the Russian Railways holding at the Kazan railway station. Festive events will be held at the train arrival stations. The train will stand in every city included in the route for a whole day © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
The driver of the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
A conductor in the carriage of the “Santa Claus Train” presented by the Russian Railways holding at the Kazan Railway Station © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Santa Claus from Veliky Ustyug in the “Santa Claus Train” meets a member of the train crew during the presentation of the train at the Kazan railway station in Moscow. From right to left: Deputy General Director of JSC “Russian Railways” Dmitry Pegov, All-Russian Santa Claus from Veliky Ustyug, Governor of the Vologda Region Oleg Kuvshinnikov © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Mailbox in the reception of Santa Claus in the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Passengers on the platform during the presentation of the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Employee of the dining car in the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Santa Claus compartment in the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Santa Claus during the presentation of the “Santa Claus Train” presented by the Russian Railways Holding at the Kazan Railway Station © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
“Santa Claus Train”, presented by the Russian Railways holding at the Kazan railway Station. The train route includes: Vologda, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Kazan, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Makhachkala, Gudermes, Nazran, Vladikavkaz, Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, Moscow, Pskov, Veliky Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Petrozavodsk and others © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
“Santa Claus Train”, presented by the Russian Railways holding at the Kazan railway Station. The festive train includes a retro locomotive and 9 themed cars © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Santa Claus during the presentation of the “Santa Claus Train” presented by the Russian Railways holding at the Kazan railway station. Festive events will be held at the train arrival stations. The train will stand in every city included in the route for a whole day © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
The driver of the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
A conductor in the carriage of the “Santa Claus Train” presented by the Russian Railways holding at the Kazan railway Station © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Santa Claus from Veliky Ustyug in the “Santa Claus Train” meets a member of the train crew during the presentation of the train at the Kazan railway station in Moscow. From right to left: Deputy General Director of Russian Railways Dmitry Pegov, All-Russian Santa Claus from Veliky Ustyug, Governor of the Vologda Region Oleg Kuvshinnikov © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Mailbox in the reception of Santa Claus in the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Passengers on the platform during the presentation of the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Employee of the dining car in the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Santa Claus compartment in the “Santa Claus Train” © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
Santa Claus during the presentation of the “Santa Claus Train” presented by the Russian Railways Holding at the Kazan Railway Station © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov
“Santa Claus Train”, presented by the Russian Railways holding at the Kazan railway Station. The train route includes: Vologda, Yaroslavl, Nizhny Novgorod, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Izhevsk, Kazan, Samara, Saratov, Volgograd, Astrakhan, Makhachkala, Gudermes, Nazran, Vladikavkaz, Mineralnye Vody, Stavropol, Rostov-on-Don, Voronezh, Moscow, Pskov, Veliky Novgorod, St. Petersburg, Petrozavodsk and others © RIA Novosti/Vitaly Belousov