…3,2,1 Happy New Year’s!
Get ready to count down to 2024! Your favorite transit app is here so you can welcome the New Year hassle-free!
What’s in Store?
🥂 Heading out to an awesome New Year’s party or event? Many classic New Year’s events like the Gloria Molina Grand Park’s NYELA Countdown, Countdown NYE festival, NYE Fireworks on the DTLB waterfront, Forever Midnight festival & more are accessible by public transit! Plan your night out with Moovit!
🆓 Your favorite agencies are offering FREE service for NYE, including Metro, LBT, OCTA & more. Continue reading for all agencies and details.
🌃 Many agencies are offering late-night and extended service for NYE so however you plan to celebrate, you’ll be able to get home safely! Check for details below.
New Year’s Service by Agency
- Metro
- Metro is offering FREE rides for New Year’s Eve. Free fares on bus and rail will be in effect from:
- 9:00 pm on Sunday, December 31, until 2:00 am on Monday, January 1, 2024.
- Metro will also be running trains all night long on New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day, so however you plan to celebrate, you’ll be able to get home safely.
- Metro will operate Sunday/Holiday service on New Year’s Day, Monday, January 1st.
- Metro is offering FREE rides for New Year’s Eve. Free fares on bus and rail will be in effect from:
- Long Beach Transit
- LBT buses will be FREE on NYE from 5:00 PM till 1:00 AM.
- LBT will extend service until approximately 1:00 AM.
- LBT will operate Holiday service (click for details) on New Year’s Day.
- OCTA
- OCTA buses will be FREE on NYE from 6:00 PM till 2:30 AM.
- OCTA will operate Sunday/Holiday service on New Year’s Day.
- Foothill Transit
- All Foothill Transit rides are FREE on New Year’s Eve! Bus rides will be completely free from 9 p.m. on December 31 until 2 a.m. on January 1.
- Foothill Transit will operate Holiday service on New Year’s Day.
- LADOT
- LADOT DASH buses are FREE all year round!
- LADOT Commuter Express service will not operate on Monday, January 1, 2024, with the exception of Route 142.
- Commuter Express 142 will operate on its holiday schedule on Monday, January 1, 2024.
- LADOT DASH service will not operate on Monday, January 1, 2024, with the exception of routes:
- DASH Chesterfield Square
- DASH El Sereno/City Terrace
- DASH North Hollywood
- DASH Observatory/Los Feliz
- DASH Panorama City/Van Nuys
- DASH Pico Union/Echo Park
- DASH San Pedro
- DASH Southeast
- DASH Wilmington
- DASH Wilshire Center/Koreatown
- Montebello Bus Lines
- Montebello Bus Lines will be FREE on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day!
- Montebello Bus Lines will operate Holiday service (click for details) on Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.
- Big Blue Bus
- Celebrate New Year’s Eve with a safe, friendly, and FREE ride home! Big Blue Bus customers can ride free beginning Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 9 p.m., until Monday, January 1, 2024 at 1 a.m.
- Big Blue Bus will operate Sunday service on New Year’s Day.
- Metrolink Trains
- Countdown NYE festival goers can enjoy special late-night passenger rail service on Metrolink’s San Bernardino Line on Sunday, Dec. 31 and Monday, Jan. 1 with the purchase of an Insomniac Weekend Pass.
- Specially ticketed trains will depart the San Bernardino-Downtown Station at 2:45 a.m., making stops at Rancho Cucamonga, Montclair, Claremont, Covina and Cal State LA with a final stop of LA Union Station. Passengers must purchase an Insomniac Weekend Pass to utilize the special late-night trains.
- The Insomniac Weekend Pass costs $20.00.
- In addition to the special late-night service, Insomniac Weekend Pass holders receive unlimited access to the Metrolink system throughout the two-day festival.
- On New Year’s Day, Monday, January 1, 2024, Metrolink will operate its weekend schedule with service on the Antelope Valley, Orange County, 91/Perris Valley, San Bernardino, Inland Empire-Orange County and Ventura County lines with a $10 Holiday Pass. Arrow will also offer its weekend schedule with the same Holiday Pass. Metrolink will offer special service to Union Station connecting to the Rose Parade on the Ventura County Line, Antelope Valley Line, Orange County Line, 91/Perris Valley Line, and the San Bernardino Line. For schedule information please visit metrolinktrains.com/rose-parade Regular weekday service will resume on Tuesday, January 2.
- Countdown NYE festival goers can enjoy special late-night passenger rail service on Metrolink’s San Bernardino Line on Sunday, Dec. 31 and Monday, Jan. 1 with the purchase of an Insomniac Weekend Pass.
Here’s to an unforgettable 2024! 
The USA Moovit Team