From King County Metro Transit <[email protected]>
Subject Transit Alert - Fare Free New Year's Eve and New Year's Day Service Levels
Date January 1, 2025 2:12 AM
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King County Metro and regional transit agencies to help riders celebrate with free fares on New Year’s Eve

Regional transit agencies will operate on the following schedules to accommodate fare-free New Year’s Eve rides.

*New Year’s Eve Service*

* *King County Metro: *Buses will operate on their weekday schedule and be fare-free from 3 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31 (New Year’s Eve), through 3 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1.
* Other fare-free Metro-operated services: DART, on-demand Metro Flex, and Access service will operate on their weekday schedules.
* The fareboxes and ORCA card readers on Metro buses will be covered to remind customers not to pay. During this period, the Transit GO Ticket mobile ticketing app will not allow ticket activations for all Metro services, the Seattle Streetcar, and Sound Transit.

* *King County Water Taxi: *The water taxi will operate fare-free on Dec. 31. The Vashon and West Seattle routes will be out of service on Jan. 1.
* *Sound Transit: *Link light rail and Sound Transit Express buses are fare-free from 4 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, to 3 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 1. Sound Transit will operate extended 1 Line Link light rail service on New Year’s Eve, with 15-minute, late-night service. The last southbound trip will leave Lynnwood Station at 2:01 a.m. The last northbound train will leave Angle Lake Station at 1:55 a.m. Service will not be extended on the 2 Line for New Year’s Eve. For more information go to the Sound Transit website [ [link removed] ].
* *Community Transit:* All Community Transit buses, DART paratransit services, and Zip Shuttle will operate on their regular weekday schedules. All services are fare-free from 4 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31 through the end of the service day. Please check the schedules [ [link removed] ] in advance of the holiday as route times vary.
* *Everett Transit*: Will operate fare-free on its regular weekday schedule.
* *Pierce Transit: *Pierce Transit services will operate on a weekday schedule on New Year’s Eve. Rides on Pierce Transit buses, SHUTTLE paratransit, and Runner will be free all day through the close of service. Check the transit routes [ [link removed] ] and holiday service [ [link removed] ] for more information.
* *Seattle Streetcar: *Both streetcars will operate fare-free on New Year’s Eve with weekday service hours. The South Lake Union Streetcar will operate until 12:30 a.m. to accommodate fireworks viewing downtown.

The *Seattle Center Monorail* *will collect its regular* *fare* on New Year’s Eve. The Monorail is scheduled to operate from Westlake to the Seattle Center until 11 p.m. Service from the Seattle Center to Westlake will run from 12:30 a.m. to 1:00 a.m. after the events at the Center. Check the website [ [link removed] ] for more information.

New Year's Day Service 

*Transit Service*



*Mon, January 1*

*New Year's Day*



Metro Buses [ [link removed] ]



Sunday Schedule



First Hill Streetcar [ [link removed] ]



Sunday Schedule



South Lake Union Streetcar [ [link removed] ]



Sunday Schedule



West Seattle Water Taxi [ [link removed] ] 



No Service



Water Taxi Shuttle

Routes 773 & 775



No Service



Vashon Water Taxi [ [link removed] ]



No Service



Access [ [link removed] ]



Sunday Schedule

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Metro Flex [ [link removed] ]



Sunday Schedule



ST Express bus [ [link removed] ]



Sunday Schedule



Sounder [ [link removed] ]



No Service



1 Line Link light rail [ [link removed] ]



Sunday Schedule



Seattle Monorail [ [link removed] ]



10 a.m. - 9 p.m.



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