Metrolinx, the operator is reminding users that GO Transit will offer free all-night New Year’s Eve service for customers, courtesy of Forty Creek Whisky.
“Both train and bus services will be free to all customers on New Year’s Eve from 7 pm until 8 am on January 1, 2024,” said a Metrolinx notice.
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 am until 7:30 am.
Extra GO Bus service is also planned for New Year’s Eve, giving customers even more options to travel safely into 2024. UP Express service will be free after 7 pm with the last UP Express train departing Union at 11 pm and 11:27 pm at Pearson.
Metrolinx urged users to continue tapping on and off their train or bus, but they will not be charged and will see $0 on the display.