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New Years Eve Trains and Public Transport
December 31, 2025 @ 6:00 pm - 11:30 pm
From 8pm on Wednesday 31 December until first service on Thursday 1 January, travel will be free on all public transport services in South East Queensland (excluding Airtrain).
Please do not touch on to begin a journey during this time. Plan ahead: Your Translink Journey Planner
Busses in City of Moreton Bay Region run until 11:55 pm – Busses in Brisbane Metro will on select lines run after Midnight go to the bottom of this page to see what’s available
Trains:
There will be plenty of additional trains running after the family and midnight fireworks, then into the early morning.
Family fireworks – 7:45pm
| Train line | Departure station |
Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Airport | South Bank | No additional services |
| Beenleigh | South Bank | Every 20 minutes |
| Caboolture | Roma Street | Every 15 minutes |
| Cleveland | South Bank | Every 20 minutes |
| Doomben | Roma Street | No additional services (last train departs Roma Street at 7:19pm) |
| Ferny Grove | South Bank | Every 15 minutes |
| Gold Coast | South Bank | Every 20 minutes |
| Ipswich/Rosewood | Roma Street | Every 15 minutes plus one extra service to Rosewood |
| Redcliffe Peninsula | Roma Street | Every 15 minutes |
| Shorncliffe | South Bank | Every 20 minutes |
| Springfield | Roma Street | Every 15 minutes |
| Sunshine Coast | Roma Street | One extra Caboolture service will continue to Nambour and Gympie North |
Midnight fireworks – 12am until 2:30am
| Train line | Departure station |
Frequency |
|---|---|---|
| Airport | South Bank | No additional services |
| Beenleigh | South Bank | Every 20 minutes |
| Caboolture | Roma Street | Every 15 minutes |
| Cleveland | South Bank | Every 20 minutes |
| Doomben | Roma Street | Two extra services from South Bank at 12:23am and 1:05am |
| Ferny Grove | South Bank | Every 15 minutes |
| Gold Coast | South Bank | Every 20 minutes |
| Ipswich/Rosewood | Roma Street | Every 15 minutes plus one extra service to Rosewood |
| Redcliffe Peninsula | Roma Street | Every 15 minutes |
| Shorncliffe | South Bank | Every 20 minutes |
| Springfield | Roma Street | Every 15 minutes |
| Sunshine Coast | Roma Street | One extra Caboolture service will continue to Nambour and Gympie North |
Early morning – 2:30am onwards
After 2:30am, there will be one train per hour on each line (except Doomben and Airport) until the first normal service on New Year’s Day.
Until first service on Thursday 1 January: travel will be free on all public transport services in South East Queensland (excluding Airtrain). Until 5 AM
Early morning – 2:30am onwards
After 2:30am, there will be one train per hour on each line (except Doomben and Airport) until the first normal service on New Year’s Day.
From First Service: 5 AM All trains busses and Catamarans will be at standard fares and require a go card or paper tickets
All lines will run to a public holiday timetable.
Special Brisbane CITY Busses:
Getting into South Bank
All services will be running to a normal Wednesday timetable, with route M1, 222 and 333 travelling into Brisbane City running at a higher frequency between 6pm and 9pm.
After the fireworks
After the 7:45pm and midnight fireworks, the following routes will run additional services for approximately 90 minutes:
Please note, these extra trips may not show up in journey planner due to running ‘as required’ by our event operations team.
Late night services
Late night and Nightlink buses will running until the sun comes up.
