Christian Groups Push Polish Bus Operator to Change Route 666 to 669
- Bus 666 to the town of Hel on Poland's Baltic coast will no longer run.
- The bus operator, PKS Gdynia, will now run the line under the number 669 starting on June 24.
- Christian groups had pushed for the change due to the number signifying the devil on a bus leading to a place that sounds like the word "hell" in English.
- The line operated under the number 666 since 2006, first as a local joke before attracting riders from across Poland and beyond.
- Fronda, a Catholic publication, has for years called for the 666 bus to be renamed, arguing that it had Satanic overtones.
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