Ride GO Transit for FREE all-night New Year’s Eve

Ahead of the holidays, Metrolinx is sharing some exciting news that may be of interest to anyone travelling into or out of Toronto on New Year’s Eve: 

GO Transit will offer free all-night New Year’s Eve service for customers, courtesy of Forty Creek Whisky and Metrolinx. 

When can you ride GO transit for free?

Both train and bus services will be free to all customers on New Year’s Eve from 7 p.m. until 8 a.m. on Jan. 1, 2024.

Extra GO transit trips on New Year’s Eve

In addition, GO Transit will run extra late evening trips into Union Station to help customers travelling downtown as well as a variety of special trains from Union Station after midnight to help them get home safely:

• On the Lakeshore East and West GO Lines, trains will depart regularly from Union Station from 12:30 a.m. until 7:30 a.m.
• On the Kitchener Line, trains will depart Union Station regularly from 12:35 a.m. until 5:35 a.m.
• The Milton Line will have two additional trips heading westbound to Milton GO at 1:25 a.m. and 3:55 a.m. 
• On the Barrie Line, three special trains will depart between 12:55 a.m. and 4:10 a.m.
• On the Stouffville Line, three special trains will depart between 12:40 a.m. and 4:25 a.m.
• On the Richmond Hill Line, one special train will head northbound at 1:10 a.m.

Extra GO Bus service is also planned for New Year’s Eve, giving customers even more options to travel safely into 2024.

UP Express free after 7 pm

UP Express service will be free after 7.p.m. with the last UP Express train departing Union at 11 p.m. and 11:27 p.m. at Pearson. The last UP Express train departs Union at 11 p.m. and 11:27 p.m. at Pearson. You can check schedules on the UP Express website.  

Early homebound trips on Milton & Richmond Hill

To help customers get home early during the December holidays, there will be some changes to some GO Train trips on the Milton and Richmond Hill GO Lines on Dec. 22 and Dec. 29.

Here’s what you need to know for those two dates in December:

Milton line:

• Early homebound trains depart Union Station at 1:40 p.m. and 2:40 p.m., making all stops to Milton GO, arriving at 2:42 p.m., and 3:42 p.m.

Richmond Hill line:

• Early homebound trip departs Union Station at 2:45 p.m., making all stops to Bloomington GO, arriving at 3:50 p.m.

Customers are encouraged to continue tapping on and off their train or bus, but they will not be charged and will see $0 on the display. 

 Learn more HERE and please don’t hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. 

To see full schedules, check gotransit.com when planning your evening to get the latest details.

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