Santa Claus train will arrive in Voronezh on December 22

Russian Railways presented the long-awaited schedule of the Santa Claus Train route for the season 2026-2027. The fairytale train will cross the whole country - from Veliky Ustyug to Vladivostok, making a stop in more than 60 cities.

In November, the train will visit the Republic of Komi, Khabarovsk and Primorsky Territories, and in December it will reach the Urals and Siberia - Yekaterinburg, Tyumen, Novosibirsk, Omsk. Then the route will pass through the Volga region and the Black Earth: Samara, Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Saratov, Voronezh, Lipetsk.

In the capital of the Black Earth magical composition will arrive on December 22.

New, 2027 Santa Claus will meet in Yaroslavl: December 31 there will be a festive evening, and the first hours of the new year passengers will spend right in the cars. On January 2 and 3, guests will be waiting at the Kiev railway station in Moscow, and on January 6 and 7, Christmas will be celebrated in St. Petersburg - the celebrations will unfold in New Peterhof. From there, the train will go to Petrozavodsk, and on January 9 the journey will end in Veliky Ustyug.

The Santa Claus train is a festively decorated carriages, where the mobile residence of the main New Year wizard is located. The project was launched in 2021, and since then Santa Claus brings a fairy tale to the cities of Russia every year.

Inside the train, visitors are waiting for the “Fairytale Village” with games and quests, the ice kingdom of the Snow Queen, the office of Santa Claus, a puppet theater and a shop with souvenirs of the masters of the Russian North. You can get acquainted with magical characters at train stations and squares for free. Getting inside the train is by ticket only. Guests spend 45 minutes there, and during this time they manage to pass the quest, communicate with Santa Claus and Snow Maiden, receive gifts, watch a puppet performance and drink tea with gingerbread in the restaurant car.

The age limit is 0+.