Transport Worker's Day in Russia
November 20 · Level 7 · #849 of 2238
A professional holiday for the people who keep trains running, planes flying, ships sailing and buses and trams arriving on time. It says thank you to drivers, pilots, dispatchers and repair crews.
How it is celebrated: transport companies hold ceremonies and hand out certificates and thanks to their best staff. Museums and depots sometimes open their doors to visitors, and passengers offer a kind word to drivers and conductors.
Russia is a country of huge distances. The Trans-Siberian Railway alone runs 9,289 kilometres from Moscow to Vladivostok, and it works only because people keep every stretch of it moving.