New Year's Eve Free Muni and Extra Service: Wednesday, December 31, 2025 - Thursday, January 1, 2026

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Extra Muni Metro Subway Service from 8 p.m. Wednesday to 2 a.m. Thursday
Extra Owl Service from midnight to 2 a.m.

Branded Muni graphic showing free Muni services for New Years Eve from 8 pm - 5 am

Ride Muni for Free on New Year’s Eve from 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 31 to 5 a.m. Thursday, January 1.

New Year's Eve Muni Service

During the complementary service period from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.:

  • Please do not tag your Clipper® card. If you tag it, you will be charged.
  • Please do not activate a MuniMobile ticket. Metro fare gates will be open.
     
  • Extra Muni Metro service:
    • S Shuttle Train service will operate between West Portal Station and 4th & King streets until 2 a.m.
      • Customers heading westbound on the J Church and N Judah lines will need to transfer to bus service at Church and Market streets.
      • Customers heading westbound on the K Ingleside, L Taraval, and M Ocean View lines will need to transfer to bus service at West Portal Station.
      • M Bus service will provide westbound only service from West Portal Station to Balboa Park BART Station from midnight to 2 a.m.
    • S Shuttle Train service will operate between Chinatown Station and 3rd & Mariposa streets until 2 a.m.
    • The last S Shuttle train trips will start at 2 a.m. from each end of the line. Subway stations will close at 2:15 a.m.
       
  • OWL Network service will operate every 15 to 30 minutes from midnight to 2 a.m.:

Regional Transit Connections for New Year's Eve

  • BART will provide additional service on January 1.
    • Full fare pricing will be in effect.
    • The last East Bay bound train running through Downtown San Francisco will be at around 1:30am and the last Southbound train heading toward Millbrae will run through Downtown San Francisco at 2:10am.
  • Caltrain will be free after 8 p.m. on New Year’s Eve. Extra trains will operate between San Jose and San Francisco. Extra southbound trains will depart San Francisco at 1 a.m., 1:30 a.m. and 2 a.m.
  • SamTrans service will be free from 8 p.m. on December 31. 
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