Public transport for New Year's Eve 2022

Public transport is free from 6pm and running all night on New Year's Eve, and is still the best way to get around Melbourne welcome in the new year!

Before you travel

Plan your journey using Journey Planner and check Disruptions for service changes that may affect your journey.

Free travel

Metropolitan trains, trams, buses and regional town buses will be free from 6pm on New Year's Eve until 6am on New Year’s Day.

V/Line travel will be free on services where touch on occurs after 6pm on New Year’s Eve and 6am on New Year's Day. Travel is also free on the first timetabled V/Line service departing Melbourne on New Year's Day for regional Victoria.

Passengers do not need to travel with a valid myki during periods of free travel. Metropolitan ticket barriers will be open at all stations. Passengers who touch on their myki after 6pm will not be charged. If passengers touch on before 6pm, they should make sure to touch off or they may be charged a default fare.

Passengers leaving Melbourne on the first timetabled V/Line services on New Year's Day should avoid touching on, otherwise a myki money fare will apply. In the event that passengers are charged to travel on the first timetabled V/Line service leaving Melbourne, passengers are advised to call our call centre.

Services running all night

Metropolitan trains and trams (except Routes 78 and 82) will run all night to help you travel to your New Year's Eve event and back again.

New Year's Day

Most services will be running to a Sunday timetable on New Year's Day.

Plan your journey using Journey Planner.

Plan ahead

Our call centre is open all night on New Year's Eve. For help planning your journey on the night, call 1800 800 007.
Please check the disruptions page for notification of any service changes that may affect your journey to and from the event.
To plan your route, please use the PTV Journey planner.
Download the free PTV mobile apps for Android and iOS and access public transport information on the go.
Passengers requiring accessibility information and assistance, see Accessible transport.
Passengers are advised to top up prior to travelling or to set auto top up so that you never need to top up again. For more information, see auto top up your myki.
For information on ticketing for children and concessions, see Children and Concessions.
Passengers needing further information or accessibility assistance, please call 1800 800 007 prior to travelling.

Service information

Metropolitan train

Access to CBD stations during New Year's Eve

The station will operate as normal. Parents with prams, seniors or people with special needs can access the concourse at any time and lifts are for their use.

31 December 2022

From first service until last service all services will operate to a normal Saturday timetable.

From 7pm until 1.45am the Burnley group will run via the City Loop to Flinders Street then out direct.
Flinders Street and Southern Cross stations will be open all night on New Year's Eve, while City Loop stations (Parliament, Flagstaff and Melbourne Central stations) will be closed from 11.45pm.

From Prior to midnight, normal and additional services will be operating to Flinders Street Station from 7pm.

1 January 2023

From 12.15am to 1.45am, all services will be running approximately 5 to 15 minute service
From 1.45am to 2:45am, all services will be running approximately 30 minute service.
From 2:45am, all services will be running approximately 60 minute service until first service on Sunday morning.

Travelling towards the city

Before midnight there will be additional trains towards Flinders Street Station on the:

Belgrave/Lilydale/Alamein/Glen Waverley lines:

From Glen Waverley departing: 7:16pm, 7:45pm, 8:13pm, 8:42pm, 9:12pm, 9:43pm, 10:14pm, 10:44pm
From Ringwood departing: 7:53pm, 8:22pm, 8:52pm, 9:22pm, 9:52pm, 10:22pm, 10:52pm

Craigieburn/Sunbury/Upfield/Werribee lines:

From Craigieburn departing: 8:22pm,
From Sunbury departing: 7:28pm
From Upfield departing: 7:53pm, 8:22pm, 8:52pm, 9:22pm, 9:52pm, 10:22pm, 10:52pm, 11:22pm
From Broadmeadows departing: 6:55pm, 8:56pm, 9:32pm, 9:58pm, 10:28pm, 10:58pm,
From Watergardens departing: 8:10pm, 8:40pm, 9:10pm, 9:40pm, 10:10pm, 10:40pm, 11:14pm,

Frankston/Sandringham/Cranbourne/Pakenham lines:

From Frankston departing: 11:15pm,
From Dandenong departing: 8:16pm, 8:57pm, 9:27pm, 10:01pm, 10:27pm

Mernda/Hurstbridge lines:

From Eltham departing: 8:21pm, 8:51pm, 9:21pm
From Mernda departing: 8:06pm, 8:39pm, 9:09pm, 9:39pm, 10:09pm, 10:39pm,
From Greensborough departing: 8:05pm, 10:05pm, 10:35pm, 11:05pm

Travelling from the city

After midnight there will be additional trains travelling from Flinders Street Station on the:

Belgrave/Lilydale/Alamein/Glen Waverley lines:

To Glen Waverley departing: 12.25am, 12:45am, 12:55am, 1:15am, 1:25am, 1:35am, 1:47am, 2:45am
To Lilydale departing: 12.23am, 12:59am, 1:19am, 1:35am, 2:15am
To Belgrave departing: 12:49am, 1:28am
Upper Ferntree Gully: 12:31am

Craigieburn/Sunbury/Upfield/Werribee lines:

To Craigieburn departing: 12:15am, 12:35am, 12:55am, 1:05am, 1:15am, 1:35am, 2:19am
To Sunbury departing: 12:25am, 12:45am, 12:55am, 1:15am, 1:27am, 1:45am, 2:07am, 3:03am
To Upfield departing: 12:29am, 12:58am, 1:25am, 1:40am, 2:42am
To Werribee departing: 12:27am, 12:47am, 12:57am, 1:17am, 1:27am 1:37am, 1:48am, 2:39am

Frankston/Sandringham/Cranbourne/Pakenham lines:

To Frankston departing: 12:29am, 12:39am, 12:59am, 1:09am, 1:29am, 1:39am, 1:49am, 2:49am
To Pakenham departing: 12:20am, 12:25am, 12:30am, 12:40am, 12:45am, 12:50am, 12:55am, 1:05am, 1:10am, 1:15am, 1:20am, 1:30am, 1:35am, 1:40, 1:45am, 2:53am
To Sandringham departing: 12:30am, 12:50am, 1:00am, 1:10am, 1:30am, 1:40am, 1:50am, 2:46am

Mernda/Hurstbridge lines:

To Eltham departing: 12:27am, 1:10am, 1:26am
To Mernda departing: 12:23am, 12:31am, 12:44am, 12:51am, 1:06am, 1:14am, 1:22am, 1:30am, 1:38am, 2:12am, 2:35am
To Hurstbridge departing: 12:54am, 2:00am, 2:45am
To Greensborough departing: 12:34am, 1:02am, 1:34am, 1:43am
To Macleod departing: 12:40am

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Metropolitan tram

31 December 2022 - 1 January 2023

Trams will operate to a Saturday timetable on Saturday 31 December.
From 3am until the first normal service on Sunday, trams will operate to a 60 minute frequency.
Please note: Tram routes 30, 35, 70, 75, 78, 82 and 86 will operate to an altered timetable service.

From 5pm to 3am on New Year's Eve, Route 1, 3, 3a, 5, 6, 16, 64, 67 and 72 trams will be altered.

Shuttle services

St Kilda Road – Windsor (Stop 20 Park St /St Kilda Road) to ANZAC Station (Stop 20 Park St/St Kilda Road) – from 5:30pm to 3am
- 5:30pm to 6:30pm – 10-minute frequency
- 6:30pm to 1:00am – 5-minute frequency
- 1:00am to 3:00am - 15-minute frequency
Melbourne University – Melbourne University (Stop 1 Melbourne University/Swanston Street) to State Library (Stop 10 Melbourne Central Station/Swanston Street) – from 5:30pm to 3am
- 5:30pm to 3:00am - 10-minute frequency
Collins Street – Elizabeth Street (Stop 5 Elizabeth St / Collins Street) to Victoria Harbour (Stop D18 Victoria Harbour) – from 10:00pm to 1am
- 10:00pm to 1:00am - 8-minute frequency
Flinders Street – Elizabeth Street (Stop 4 Flinders Street Station/Elizabeth Street) to Flinders Street West (Stop D6 Flinders St West) – from 5:30pm to 3am
- 5:30pm to 3:00am - 15-minute frequency
Footscray Park – Footscray Station (Stop 64 Footscray Station/Leeds Street) to West Road (Stop 48 West Rd/Raleigh Road) – from 9:00pm to 10:30pm
- 9:00pm to 10:30am - 15-minute frequency

Swanston Street trams

Route 1 will operate in 2 sections with
- East Coburg – State Library
- South Melbourne Beach – Stop 116 City Rd
Route 3a will operate a shortened service (via Fitzroy Street)
- East Malvern – St Kilda Junction
Route 6 will operate in 2 sections with
- Moreland – State Library
- Glen Iris – temp stop in High St / St Kilda Rd
Route 16 will operate a shortened service
- Kew to St Kilda Junction
Route 64 will operate a shortened service
- East Brighton – Stop 20 ANZAC Station
Route 67 will operate a shortened service
- Carnegie to St Kilda Junction
Route 72 will operate a shortened service
- Camberwell to temp stop at Commercial Rd / St Kilda Rd
Route 5 will operate a shortened service
- Malvern to Stop 38 Orrong Road

Elizabeth Street trams

Route 19, 57, and 57 operates shortened routes with no trams between Melbourne Central (Lonsdale St/Elizabeth St) and Flinders St Station/Elizabeth St.

Williams Street trams

Route 58 will operator its full normal routes

Collins Street trams

Route 11 will operate shortened route from 10:00pm to 1:00am from Preston to Stop 7, 101 Collins Street.
Route 12 and 109 will be diverted via La Trobe Street from 10:00pm to 1:00am
Route 48 will operate shortened route from 10:00pm to 1:00am from North Balwyn to Stop 7 101 Collins Street.

Docklands – Harbour Esplanade trams

- Route 70 and 75 will terminate at Stop 6 Russell St / Flinders Street
- Route 86 will terminate at Stop 119 Spencer St / La Trobe Street
- Route 30 will terminate in La Trobe Street / Spencer Street and St Vincent Plaza
- City Circle (Route 35) will not operate

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Metropolitan bus

There'll be no additional services to bus routes in the city on New Year's Eve.

Route 605 buses will be diverted due to the closure of Birdwood Avenue and Linlithgow Avenue. These services will be diverted from first service and will travel along Alexandra Avenue, City Road, resuming normal service from Power Street missing Anderson Street, Domain Road, Birdwood Avenue, Linlithgow Avenue, and Southbank Bouveland until last service.

Route 234 (Garden City to City – Queen Victoria Market) and 236 (Garden City to City – Queen Victoria Market via City) buses will be diverted due to the closure of Flinders Street from 5pm. These services will be diverted from 5pm and will travel along City Road, Clarendon Street, Collins Street into Queen Street resuming to normal service, missing Flinders Street (William Street to Queen Street) and Queen Street (Flinders Street to Collins Street) until last service.

Buses will run to the normal Saturday timetable on Saturday 31 December. Night Network buses will run.

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Night Bus

21 of our most popular bus routes run to a 24-hour weekend service on Fridays and Saturdays and 13 special bus routes run after midnight on weekends.

24 hour bus routes

Operate after midnight on weekends

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Regional train

A normal Saturday timetable will operate on New Year’s Eve.

Night Coach services will operate in the early hours of New Year's Day, departing at 1am/2am from the Southern Cross Coach Terminal.

Geelong Line

Additional service will depart from Warun Ponds to southern Cross at 8:00pm

Last train service departs at 1.10am (New Year’s Day), to Geelong.

Additional Night Network coach service to Lara and Deakins University / Warun Ponds will depart at 2.15am.

Ballarat Line

Last train service departs at 12:16am to Wendouree

Additional Night Network coach services will depart at 1.10am and 2.10am.

Bendigo Line

Last train service departs at 11:55pm to Bendigo

Additional Night Network coach services will depart at 1.05am and 2.05am.

Seymour Line

Last scheduled train departs at 11.45pm to Seymour.

Additional Night Network coach services will depart at 2.00am to Puckapunyal.

Traralgon Line

Last scheduled train departs at 11.59pm to Traralgon.

Additional Night Network coach services will depart at 2:00am.

1 January 2023

The normal Saturday timetable will operate on New Year’s Day.

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Regional coach

31 December 2022

The normal Saturday timetable will operate on New Year’s Eve.

1 January 2023

The normal Sunday timetable will operate on New Year’s Day.

Night Coach services will operate as per the normal timetable.

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