Starting 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, customers can ride on any GO train or GO bus for free until 8 a.m. on New Year’s D

By Gazette Staff

December 29th, 2025

BURLINGTON, ON

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Starting 7 p.m. on New Year’s Eve, customers can ride on any GO train or GO bus for free until 8 a.m. on New Year’s Day. UP Express will also be free to all customers on New Year’s Eve from 7 p.m. until end of service. 

Metrolinx will once again be offering complimentary service on GO Transit and UP Express on New Year’s Eve in partnership with Forty Creek Whisky to help you ring in 2026 safely.

GO Transit and UP Express will run extra late evening trips on every line so everyone can GO safely into 2026:

• Lakeshore West: We will be adding extra late-night trips on Dec. 31 to help you get home safely, with the last train leaving Union Station at 7:47 a.m.
• Milton Line: We will be adding additional evening trips arriving into Union Station on Dec. 31 with the last train leaving Union Station at 2:55 a.m.
• UP Express: We will be adding late-night trains from Union Station to help you get home safely. Special trains will be departing every 30 minutes, starting at 1:15 a.m., with the last train leaving Union Station at 3:45 a.m.

Riders are encouraged to continue tapping on and off with their PRESTO card, but they will not be charged.