PHOTOS: Santa’s Trolley is back on the road in Budapest: here is how to travel with it

Santa’s Trolley is back on the road again for its gift collection tour. For the ninth time, the vehicle will be dressed up in festive finery and you can travel with it on six trolley lines in the capital between 5 and 18 December, starting from the city centre, writes Gergely Karácsony, Mayor of Budapest, on his Facebook page.

Every afternoon, Santa Claus and his helper will be waiting for passengers, as well as gifts wrapped in shoeboxes, which the Budapest Transport Centre (BKK) and BKV Plc. will deliver to the Hungarian Baptist Aid, Gergely Karácsony writes on Facebook.

Where is Santa’s Trolley right now?

Check it out on the BKK FUTÁR map interface by clicking HERE.

Traffic schedule of Santa’s Trolley

Operating days and routes of Santa’s Trolley in Budapest. Source: bkk.hu

The Santa Trolley will run daily between 5 and 18 December on six different trolleybus lines. Find the lines and the days below:

• Line 72: 9, 10, 16, 17 December
• Line 75: 11, 18 December
• Line 76: 12 December
• Line 77: 7, 14 December
• Line 80: 6, 13 December
• Line 82: 8, 15 December

Find the exact schedules of these lines by clicking on the line numbers on BKK’s website HERE!

Gifts to children in need

For the ninth time, Santa Claus and his helper will be waiting for passengers on board the vehicle from Tuesday 5 to Monday 18 December, along with gifts in shoeboxes, which will be delivered to the Hungarian Baptist Aid. The Hungarian Baptist Aid distributes the gifts collected in Santa’s Trolley to children in need. These shoebox-sized gifts will delight children in the poorest, most remote parts of Hungary, bkk.hu writes.

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