NEW YORK (PIX11) — There will be schedule changes for trains and buses on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day in New York City.
Subways, rails and buses will operate on holiday or weekend schedules for New Year’s Day. However, subway service will be put in overdrive as New York City gets into the New Year’s Eve festivities.
Here’s everything you need to know:
NYC subway serviceNew Year’s Eve
On Wednesday, subways will operate on a normal weekday schedule and will increase the number of trains for all lines in the evening into post-midnight hours.
The A train will run express until 2:30 a.m.
New Year’s Day
Subways will run on a Sunday schedule for New Year’s Day.
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NYC bus serviceNew Year’s Eve
Bus routes in Brooklyn, the Bronx, Manhattan and Queens will operate on a reduced weekday schedule, with some Queens buses running on a normal weekday schedule.
B100, B103, BM1 through BM5, and all BXM routes will operate on a regular weekday schedule.
Staten Island buses will operate on a weekday school-closed schedule. Bus routes in Midtown may have detours due to road closures.
New Year’s Day
Buses in all five boroughs will be on a Sunday schedule for New Year’s Day.
Long Island Rail RoadNew Year’s Eve
On Wednesday, there will be nearly a dozen added trains on the Babylon, Montauk, Ronkonkoma, Port Jefferson and Port Washington lines to Grand Central or Penn Station beginning in the early evening for those headed for the New Year’s Eve celebration.
New Year’s Day
There will be a dozen additional trains in the early overnight hours for those heading back to Long Island from the celebration.
During the day, the LIRR will operate on a Sunday schedule.
Metro-North Railroad
On Monday, Tuesday, and Friday, the three Metro-North East of Hudson lines will operate on a Friday schedule with extra mid-day and mid-afternoon service.
New Year’s Eve
Metro-North will operate on a special weekday schedule with extra late-evening trains and post-midnight service.
New Year’s Day
On Thursday, there will be hourly service on the Hudson and Harlem lines with extra trains on the New Haven line. The Wassaic, New Canaan, Danbury and Waterbury branches will operate on weekend service.
Spencer Gustafson is a digital content producer from Long Island who has covered New York state and city news since 2023. See more of his work here.
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