MOSCOW, December 21. /TASS/. The Moscow metro on Thursday launched a special Christmas train ahead of the New Year holidays, the subway’s press service reported.

"The train’s launch is dedicated to The Journey to Christmas, Moscow’s main winter festival to be held between December 22 and January 14," the press service said.

The train will be running along the Circle Line. Each of its five cars is decorated with images of snow-covered birch trees, bullfinches and Christmas ornaments.

More than 100 archive images of New Year celebrations in Moscow over the years will be placed inside the cars, the press service said.

The Moscow Metro pledged to launch two more Christmas trains shortly.