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. Wednesday, December 31 (New Year’s Eve), through 3 a.m. Thursday, January 1.
  • DART, on-demand Metro Flex, and Access services also will operate fare free and deliver service on their weekday schedules.
  • The fareboxes 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 December 31. The Vashon and West Seattle routes will be out of service on January 1 holiday.
• Sound Transit: Link light rail and Sound Transit Express buses are fare-free from 3 a.m. Wednesday, December 31, to 3 a.m. Thursday, January 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 Federal Way Downtown 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.
• Community Transit: All Community Transit buses will operate on regular weekday schedules. All services are fare-free from 4 a.m. Wednesday, December 31 through 4 a.m. Thursday, January 1. Please check schedules before the holiday as route times vary.
  • Other fare-free Community Transit services: DART paratransit and Zip Shuttle will operate on regular weekday schedules.
  • More tools available at: Plan My Trip and Holiday Schedule page.
• 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 and holiday service for more information.
• Seattle Streetcar: Both streetcars will operate fare-free on New Year’s Eve with weekday service hours. There will be no extended service on the South Lake Union Streetcar 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 a.m. after the events at the Center. Check the website for more information.

New Year's Day Service