Public transport will be free on Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve across all metro and regional trains, trams and buses.
On Christmas Day, metropolitan and regional public transport will run to a regular Sunday timetable and will be free from 3 am Monday 25 December until 3am on Boxing Day—with services running through the night. Boxing Day will run to a public holiday timetable,.
Passengers using a myki are not required to touch on and off and will not be charged if they do.
Passengers on V/Line services still need to book their Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve travel on reserved services, but will be issued a ticket free of charge. No ticket is required for regional bus travel, an official press release said.
Victorians wishing to get out and about to welcome in the New Year will be able to travel for free on all metropolitan and regional train, tram and bus services from 6pm on Sunday 31 December until 6am on Monday 1 January.
Up to 400,000 passengers are expected to attend New Year’s Eve celebrations in the city and significant planning has been undertaken to deliver extra services and bolster security to ensure everyone can enjoy a safe start to the new year.
Public transport will continue across the metropolitan network all night on New Year’s Eve, with 492 additional metro train services added and more across other public transport modes, ensuring everyone can get home safely.
A normal Sunday public transport timetable will be in place between 6pm and midnight, with additional services after midnight.
For information and to plan your journey visit ptv.vic.gov.au or the PTV mobile app.
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