Free and Extended Service on New Year’s Eve
Halifax Transit is pleased to offer free fares for all riders after 6:00 p.m. on New Year’s Eve (December 31) in support of Mothers Against Drunk Driving (M.A.D.D.). In lieu of fares, a donation to M.A.D.D. Halifax Regional Chapter would be appreciated. Donations to M.A.D.D. will be accepted at Halifax Ferry terminal from 6:00 p.m. until end of service.
Halifax Transit would like to remind riders using tickets on HFXGO, that they do not need to activate their ticket during free fares events. A banner message will be displayed on the HFXGO app to help remind riders of free fares after 6:00 p.m. on New Year's Eve.
If you are concerned that you have activated a fare option on HFXGO during the free fares period, please call 311 for assistance.
Access-A-Bus
Access-A-Bus riders also enjoy free fares after 6:00 p.m. until regular service hours end. Travelling later into the night on New Year’s Eve? Learn more about additional accessible transportation options in HRM.
Ferry Service
On New Year's Eve, Alderney Ferry will have 30-minute service until 2:00 a.m. with the last trip departing from Alderney Ferry terminal at 1:30 a.m. and Halifax Ferry terminal at 1:45 a.m.
Woodside Ferry will not be operating on New Year’s Eve.
Conventional Bus Service
To help you get home safely this year, over 30 bus routes will offer extended service. To learn when the last trip is departing on your bus route, please see the list of extended service below:
- Route 1 Spring Garden
To Bridge Terminal – Departing Mumford Terminal at 12:45, 1:00, 1:15, 1:30, and 1:45 a.m., arriving at Bridge Terminal.
To Mumford Terminal – Departing Bridge Terminal at 1:05, 1:20, 1:35, 1:50, 2:05, and 2:20 a.m., arriving at Mumford Terminal.
- Route 2 Fairview
To Lacewood Terminal – Departing Water Street Terminal at 12:50, 1:20 and 1:50 a.m., arriving at Lacewood Terminal.
To Water Street Terminal – Departing Lacewood Terminal at 12:57, 1:27 and 1:57 a.m., arriving atWater Street Terminal.
- Route 3 Crosstown
To Lacewood – Departing Bancroft & Marketplace (6014) at 1:00 and 1:30. a.m., arriving at Lacewood Terminal.
To Bancroft & Marketplace – Departing Lacewood Terminal at 1:08 and 1:38 a.m., arriving at Bancroft & Marketplace (6014).
- Route 4 Universities
To Lacewood – Departing Lemarchant & University (7144) at 1:20 and 1:50 a.m., arriving at Lacewood Terminal.
To Lemarchant & University – Departing Lacewood Terminal at 1:20 and 1:50 a.m., arriving at Lemarchant & University (7144).
- Route 5 Portland
To Downtown Halifax – Departing Portland Hills Terminal at 12:50, 1:20, and 1:50 a.m., arriving at Scotia Square.
To Portland Hills Terminal – Departing Scotia Square at 1:20, 1:50, and 2:20 a.m., arriving at Portland Hills Terminal.
- Route 6B/C Eastern Passage/Heritage Hills
6B Eastern Passage
To Eastern Passage – Departing Bridge Terminal at 1:09 a.m., arriving at Oceanview Manor.
To Bridge Terminal – Departing Oceanview Manor at 1:36 a.m., arriving at Bridge Terminal.
6C Heritage Hills
To Eastern Passage – Departing Bridge Terminal at 1:25 a.m.
To Bridge Terminal – Departing Samuel Danial & Cow Bay at 2:10 a.m.
- Route 7A/B Peninsula
7A Peninsula
To Scotia Square – Departing Novalea (Samuel Prince Manor) at 12:45 and 1:15 a.m., arriving at Scotia Square.
To Robie – Departing Scotia Square at 1:03 and 1:33 a.m., arriving at Novalea (Samuel Prince Manor).
7B Peninsula
To Scotia Square via Robie – Departing Novalea (Samuel Prince Manor) at 1:15 and 1:45 a.m.
To Novalea via Gottingen – Departing Scotia Square at 1:40 and 2:10 a.m.
- Route 9A Greystone and 9B Herring Cove
9A Greystone
To Herring Cove – Departing Scotia Square at 1:02 and 1:32 a.m., arriving at Herring Cove & Fotherby (6859).
To Downtown Halifax via Spring Garden – Departing Herring Cove & Fotherby (6859) at 1:15 and 1:45 a.m., departing Mumford Terminal at 1:33 and 2:03 a.m., and arriving at Scotia Square.
9B Herring Cove
To Downtown Halifax via Spring Garden – Departing Herring Cove & Oceanbreeze at 12:48 and 1:48 a.m., departing Mumford Terminal at 1:10 and 2:10 a.m., and arriving at Scotia Square.
- Route 10C Dalhousie
10C Dalhousie
To Westphal via Micmac – Departing Le Marchant & University at 12:34 and 1:04 a.m., arriving at Raymoor & Main (8162).
To Dalhousie via Bridge Terminal – Departing Raymoor & Main (8162) at 11:26, 11:51 p.m., 12:21, 12:51, 1:21, and 1:51 a.m., departing Bridge Terminal at 11:41 p.m., 12:06, 12:36, 1:06, 1:36, and 2:06 a.m., and arriving at Le Marchant & University (7144).
- Route 21 Timberlea
To Lacewood Terminal – Departing Charles & Charles Park (2013) at 12:54 and 1:54 a.m. arriving at Lacewood Terminal.
To Timberlea – Departing Lacewood Terminal at 12:23 and 1:23 a.m. arriving at Charles & Charles Park.
- Route 22 Armdale
To Ragged Lake – Departing Mumford Terminal at 12:22, 12:52, and 1:22 a.m.
To Mumford Terminal – Departing Ragged Lake Transit Centre at 11:55 p.m., 12:25, 12:55, and 1:25 a.m.
- Route 24 Leiblin Park
To Saint Mary’s University – Departing Leiblin & Juniper (7143) at 12:30 a.m.
To Leiblin Park – Departing Saint Mary’s University (6966) at 1:10 a.m.
- Route 25 Governors Brook
To Governors Brook – Departing Mumford Terminal at 12:07 and 1:07 a.m.
To Mumford Terminal – Departing Titanium & Traverine (2169) at 12:27 and 1:27 a.m.
- Route 28 Bayers Lake
To Lacewood Terminal – Departing Mumford Terminal at 12:18 and 1:18 a.m.
To Mumford Terminal – Departing Lacewood Terminal at 12:50 and 1:50 a.m.
- Route 29 Barrington
To Bayers Road Centre via Mumford Terminal – Departing Tower Rd Turning Loop (8409) at 11:57 p.m. and 12:57 a.m.
To Point Pleasant Park – Departing Bayers Rd Centre (6564) at 11:57 p.m. and 12:57 a.m.
- Route 30A/B Parkland/Dunbrack
30A Parkland
To Parkland Drive – Departing Lacewood Terminal at 11:30 p.m., 12:00, 12:30, 1:00 and 1:30 a.m.
To Lacewood Terminal – Departing Parkland & Kearney Lake at 11:41 p.m., 12:11, 12:41, 1:11, and 1:41 a.m.
30B Dunbrack
To Parkland Drive – Departing Lacewood Terminal at 11:45 p.m., 12:15, 12:45, and 1:15 a.m.
To Lacewood Terminal – Departing Parkland & Kearney Lake at 11:53 p.m., 12:23, 1:53, and 1:23 a.m.
- Route 39 Flamingo
To Bridge Terminal – Departing Lacewood Terminal at 11:37 p.m., 12:37, and 1:37 a.m.
To Lacewood Terminal – Departing Bridge Terminal at 11:57 p.m. and 12:57 a.m.
- Route 51A Windmill
To Ocean Breeze-Burnside – Departing Bridge Terminal at 12:31, 1:01, and 1:31 a.m.
To Bridge Terminal – Departing Princess Margaret & Kilkee Gate at 12:44, 1:14, and 1:44 a.m.
- Route 53 Highfield
To Notting Park – Departing Alderney Gate at 1:05 a.m.
To Bridge Terminal – Departing Highfield Terminal at 12:10 a.m.
- Route 54 Montebello
To Montebello – Departing Bridge Terminal at 10:01 p.m., 11:01 p.m., 12:01 a.m., and 1:01 a.m.
To Bridge Terminal – Departing Breeze & Castleton at 10:36 p.m., 11:36 p.m., 12:36 a.m.
- Route 55 Port Wallace
To Port Wallace – Departing Bridge Terminal at 10:31 p.m., 11:31 p.m., 12:31 a.m., and 1:31 a.m.
To Bridge Terminal – Departing Charles Keating & Waverley at 10:58 p.m., 11:58 p.m., 12:58 a.m., and 1:58 a.m.
- Route 56 Dartmouth Crossing
To Wrights Cove via Dartmouth Crossing – Departing Bridge Terminal at 12:06 and 12:36 a.m.
To Bridge Terminal via Dartmouth Crossing – Departing Marketplace Dr & Bancroft Lane at 12:17 and 12:47 a.m.
- Route 58 Woodlawn
To Portland Hills – Departing Penhorn Terminal at 12:24 and 1:24 a.m.
To Penhorn – Departing Portland Hills Terminal at 12:05 and 1:05 a.m.
- Route 59 Colby
To Colby Village – Departing Portland Hills Terminal at 1:20 and 2:20 a.m.
To Portland Hills Terminal – Departing Cole Harbour & Cumberland at 1:23 and 2:23 a.m.
- Route 61 North Preston
To North Preston – Departing Portland Hills Terminal at 11:11 p.m., 12:11, 1:11, and 2:11 a.m., arriving at North Preston & Cain (Nelson Whynder School) at 11:30 p.m., 12:30, 1:30, and 2:30 a.m.
To Portland Hills Terminal – Departing North Preston & Cain (Nelson Whynder School) at 11:32 p.m., 12:32, and 1:32 a.m.
To Major & Chamberlain – Departing North Preston & Cain (Nelson Whynder School) at 2:32 a.m.
- Route 62 Grahams Grove
To Penhorn Terminal-Gaston Road Turning Loop – Departing Bridge Terminal at 11:39 p.m., 12:39, and 1:39 a.m., arriving at Gaston (Turning Loop).
To Bridge Terminal – Departing Gaston (Turning Loop) at 11:06 p.m., 12:06, 1:06, and 2:06 a.m, arriving at Bridge Terminal.
- Route 63 Mount Edward
To Penhorn Terminal – Departing Portland Hills Terminal at 11:50 p.m., 12:50, and 1:50 a.m., arriving at Penhorn Terminal.
To Portland Hills Terminal – Departing Penhorn Terminal at 11:16 p.m., 12:16, 1:16, and 2:16 a.m., arriving at Portland Hills Terminal.
- Route 65 Caldwell
To Astral Drive – Departing Portland Hills Terminal at 11:50 p.m., 12:50, and 1:50 a.m., arriving at Astral & Stratford.
To Portland Hills Terminal – Departing Astral & Stratford at 11:58 p.m., 12:58, and 1:58 a.m., arriving at Portland Hills Terminal.
- Route 67 Baker
To Micmac Terminal – Departing Woodside Ferry Terminal at 11:09 p.m., 12:09, and 1:09 a.m., arriving at Micmac Terminal.
To Woodside Terminal – Departing Micmac Terminal at 11:36 p.m., 12:36, and 1:36 a.m., arriving at Woodside Ferry Terminal.
- Route 68 Cherry Brook
To Cherry Brook – Departing Portland Hills Terminal at 12:40, and 1:40 a.m., arriving at Cherry Brook & Highway 7.
To Portland Hills Terminal – Departing from Cherry Brook & Highway 7 at 1:06 and 2:06 a.m., arriving at Portland Hills Terminal.
- Route 72 Portland Hills
To Dartmouth Crossing – Departing Portland Hills Terminal at 12:03 a.m., arriving at Jennett & Wilkinson.
To Portland Hills Terminal – Departing Jennett & Wilkinson at 11:56 p.m. and 12:56 a.m., arriving at Portland Hills Terminal.
- Route 82 First Lake
To Cobequid Terminal – Departing Sackville Terminal at 11:45 p.m., 12:45, and 1:15 a.m., arriving Cobequid Terminal.
To Sackville Terminal – Departing Cobequid Terminal at 11:40 p.m., 12:40, and 1:10 a.m., arriving at Sackville Terminal.
- Route 83 Springfield
To Springfield – Departing Sackville Terminal at 11:43 p.m., 12:43, and 1:13 a.m., arriving at Springfield Estates.
To Sackville Terminal – Departing Springfield Estates at 12:00, 1:00, and 1:30 a.m., arriving at Sackville Terminal.
- Route 84 Glendale
To Sackville Terminal – Departing Scotia Square at 12:46 and 1:16 a.m., arriving at Sackville Terminal.
To Downtown Halifax – Departing Sackville Terminal at 1:05, and 1:35 a.m., arriving at Scotia Square.
- Route 85 Millwood
To Millwood – Departing Sackville Terminal at 11:48 p.m., 12:48, and 1:18 a.m., arriving at Millwood & Sackville.
To Sackville Terminal – Departing Millwood & Sackville at 11:58 p.m., 12:58, and 1:28 a.m., arriving at Sackville Terminal.
- Route 86 Beaver Bank
To Beaver Bank – Departing Sackville Terminal at 11:40 p.m., 12:40, and 1:10 a.m., arriving at Beaver Bank & Kinsac.
To Sackville Terminal – Departing Beaver Bank & Kinsac (2123) at 12:00, 1:00, and 1:30 a.m., arriving at Sackville Terminal.
- Route 87 Sackville – Dartmouth
To Sackville – Departing from Bridge Terminal at 1:00 and 2:00 a.m., arriving at Sackville Terminal.
To Bridge Terminal – Departing from Sackville Terminal at 12:30 and 1:30 a.m., arriving at Bridge Terminal.
- Route 90 Larry Uteck
To West Bedford Park & Ride – Departing from Water Street Terminal at 1:20 a.m., arriving at West Bedford Park & Ride.
To Water Street Terminal – Departing from West Bedford Park & Ride at 12:10 and 1:10 a.m., arriving at Water Street Terminal.
- Route 91 Hemlock Ravine
To West Bedford Park & Ride – Departing from Mumford Terminal at 11:20 p.m., 12:20, and 1:20 a.m., arriving at West Bedford Park & Ride.
To Mumford Terminal – Departing from West Bedford Park & Ride at 12:00 and 1:00 a.m., arriving at Mumford Terminal.