What to learn about attending to and from NYC New Year’s Eve enjoyable on mass transit – NBC New York

As crowds get able to flood Times Square to ring in 2026, the MTA is out with its sport plan for getting you to and from the enjoyable.

The transit company says there might be a complete of 11 extra Long Island Rail Road trains on Wednesday to accommodate riders heading into New York City. Metro-North could have additional late night time and post-midnight service for these coming in from the Hudson Valley and Connecticut and heading again to these areas.

The metropolis’s subways will run on a weekday schedule on New Year’s Eve and a Sunday schedule on New Year’s Day. The MTA says its additionally rising the variety of subways working on strains going by Times Square within the early night by after midnight, to assist passengers attain after which go away the celebration.

However, for safety causes, trains will skip stops in and round Times Square from quarter-hour till the ball drop till quarter-hour after it is over.

For up-to-the-minute subway, bus and rail situations, go to the MTA website.

New Jersey Transit says that on Dec. 29, 30, 31 and on Jan. 2, trains will function on a modified weekday schedule with sure Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast Line morning peak interval trains canceled and extra late morning trains working on the Northeast Corridor and North Jersey Coast strains. 

On New Year’s Eve, trains will function on a modified weekday schedule (morning peak interval and noon changes) with extra service to New York and Hoboken from the late afternoon by the night on the RVL, M&E and Port Jervis Lines.

NJ Transit says that after midnight (early Jan. 1), extra late-night trains will function on all rail strains besides the Atlantic City Line. Additional trains will depart Penn Station New York, Hoboken and Trenton, with connecting trains departing from Newark Broad Street, Summit and Long Branch by the early morning hours. Raritan Valley Line service operates from New York all night time. Several trains that usually function between 11:30 p.m. on New Year’s Eve and 1:30 a.m. early New Year’s morning are canceled and changed by later trains. After 6:30 a.m., an everyday weekend/main vacation schedule operates (together with Port Jervis Line Train 88).

Click here for more details about NJ Transit’s schedules for the approaching New Year’s Eve vacation week.