Free transit returns to Metro Vancouver for New Year's Eve
Get ready to ride into 2025 in style, because free public transit on the entire TransLink system across Metro Vancouver returns on New Year’s Eve.
TransLink is bringing back its annual tradition of providing passengers with free rides between 5 pm on NYE and 5 am on January 1, 2025.
Passengers will not have to tap their Compass Cards or purchase fare at a Compass machine during this period, but anyone who begins their trip before 5 pm must tap out as normal to ensure they are charged the correct fare.
There will also be extra service throughout NYE, with TransLink deploying over 50 additional buses and an extended SkyTrain and SeaBus schedule.
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The free New Year’s Eve transit is in sponsorship by Captain Morgan, which will have its logo displayed on Compass vending machines, Compass validators, platform screens, and other digital products leading up to December 31. TransLink said that it is the first time that it has partnered with a sponsor to cover some of the costs of New Year’s Eve extra transit services.
SkyTrain passengers can catch the last Expo Line trains at 2:16 am from Waterfront Station to King George Station, 2:11 am from Waterfront Station to Lougheed Town Centre Station, and 1:40 am from Waterfront Station to Production Way-University Station.
The last Canada Line trains are 2:05 am from Waterfront Station to YVR Airport Station and 2:15 am from Waterfront Station to Richmond-Brighouse Station.
SeaBus will have extended service on its New Year’s Eve schedule as well, with sailings every 15 minutes until 1:22 am and every 30 minutes until the last departure from Waterfront Station at 2:22 am.
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And if you’re partying late into the night, you can still catch the NightBus operating after SkyTrain and SeaBus service ends for the evening. The NightBus runs throughout the night on key routes in Vancouver, Richmond, North Vancouver, Burnaby, Coquitlam, Port Moody, New Westminster, and Surrey.
West Coast Express is also free and operates on a weekday schedule, with the 5:30 and 6:20 pm trains departing Waterfront Station.
With files from Daily Hive staff