TransLink offers free rides on all services across Metro Vancouver on New Year’s Eve and into New Year’s Day, from 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 31 until 5 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 1.
During these hours, fare gates at SkyTrain and SeaBus stations will remain open, but customers won’t need to tap Compass Cards or use other payment methods on all modes of transit.
Customers who begin trips before 5 p.m. Dec. 31 should tap out as normal to ensure they’re charged the correct fare.
On New Year’s Eve, SkyTrain service will operate on an extended weekday schedule, as will buses (with 52 additional buses throughout the system and extra service on select routes).
The revised schedule means the last SkyTrain will leave from Waterfront to King George at 2:16 a.m. Jan. 1, among other changes posted on translink.ca, or call 604-953-3333 for information.
NightBus routes will continue operating every 20 to 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver after SkyTrain and SeaBus service ends in Surrey, New Westminster, Burnaby, North Vancouver, UBC, Vancouver, Richmond, SFU, Coquitlam and Port Moody.
Aboard West Coast Express, the 5:30 and 6:20 p.m. trains leaving Waterfront Station will be free to ride Dec. 31.
SeaBus will run on an extended weekday schedule, with service every 15 minutes until 1:22 a.m. and every 30 minutes until the last sailing from Waterfront Station at 2:22 a.m.
Extra SkyTrain staff, transit supervisors, transit police and security will be on the system on New Year’s Eve.