Holiday transit guide, part 2: December 26 to 31

During the holiday season of Christmas and New Year’s, transit travel patterns change. Most schools, colleges and universities and some workplaces are closed, so many people who would ordinarily use transit don’t.

On the other hand, many more people are off work and use transit more often than usually to shop or travel to holiday events.

All transit agencies in the Greater Toronto and Hamilton area are revising their services.

This post wraps all those changes into one comprehensive list, detailing information about each transit agency day-to-day from Boxing Day, Monday, December 26 until New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31, 2022:

Brampton Transit;
Burlington Transit;
Burlington Transit Handi-Van;
D.A.R.T.S. (Disabled Accessible Regional Transit Service) [Hamilton];
Durham Region Transit;
DRT Specialized Services;
GO Transit;
Halton Hills ActiVan;
Hamilton Street Railway;
Milton Transit;
Milton access +;
MiWay;
Oakville Transit;
Oakville Transit Care-a-Van;
Region of Peel Trans-Help;
Toronto Transit Commission;
TTC Wheel-Trans;
Union Pearson Express;
York Region Transit; and
YRT Mobility Plus.

For service Christmas, Sunday, December 25, see Transit Toronto’s December 24 post, here.

Brampton Transit

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Saturday schedules.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Reduced Monday-to-Friday schedules; No service along iRide high-school special routes.
Wednesday, December 28: Reduced Monday-to-Friday schedulesReduced Monday-to-Friday schedules; No service along iRide high-school special routes.
Thursday, December 29: Reduced Monday-to-Friday schedules; No service along iRide high-school special routes.
Friday, December 30: Reduced Monday-to-Friday schedules; No service along iRide high-school special routes.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules, with later service until about 1:30 a.m. Free rides after 7 p.m.

Burlington Transit

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Sunday / holiday schedules.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules.

Burlington Transit Handi-Van

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Sunday service, 7 a.m. until 9 p.m.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 1 p.m.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday service, 7 a.m. until 9 p.m.

D.A.R.T.S. (Disabled Accessible Regional Transit Service) [Hamilton]

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Sunday service, 6 a.m. until 12:30 a.m.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 2 a.m.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 2 a.m.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 2 a.m.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday service, 5 a.m. until 2 a.m.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday service, 6 a.m. until 2 a.m.

Durham Region Transit

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Sunday schedules.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Saturday schedules.
Wednesday, December 28: Saturday schedules.
Thursday, December 29: Saturday schedules.
Friday, December 30: Saturday schedules.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules. Free rides after 7 p.m.

DRT Specialized Services

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Regular service.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Regular service.
Wednesday, December 28: Regular service.
Thursday, December 29: Regular service.
Friday, December 30: Regular service.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Regular service.

GO Transit

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Saturday schedules.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Saturday schedules.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules, with later service until about 3:30 a.m. Free rides after 7 p.m., courtesy of Forty Creek Whisky and MADD Canada (Mothers Against Drunk Driving).

Halton Hills ActiVan

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: No service.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday service, 7:30 a.m. until 6 p.m.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: 8 a.m. until 2 p.m.

Hamilton Street Railway

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Saturday schedules along the 1 King, 2 Barton, 21 Upper Kenilworth, 25 Upper Wentworth, 26 Upper Wellington, 41 Mohawk and 43 Stone Church routes. Buses along all other routes operate with Sunday / holiday schedules.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules, with later service until about 2 a.m. Free rides after 6 p.m.

Milton Transit

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: No service.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules.

Milton access +

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: No service.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Monday-to-Friday service, 5:20 a.m. until 10:11 p.m.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday service, 5:20 a.m. until 10:11 p.m.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday service, 5:20 a.m. until 10:11 p.m.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday service, 5:20 a.m. until 10:11 p.m.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday service, 7:10 a.m. until 7:40 p.m.

MiWay

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Saturday schedules.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes.
Wednesday, December 28: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes.
Thursday, December 29: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes.
Friday, December 30: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules, with later service after about 2 a.m. along these routes: 1 Dundas, 2 Hurontario, 3 Bloor, 5 Dixie, 7 Airport, 10 Bristol - Britannia, 11 Westwood, 13 Glen Erin, 17 Hurontario, 23 Lakeshore, 26 Burnhamthorpe, 61 Mavis and 66 McLaughlin routes. Free rides after 7 p.m.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31:

Oakville Transit

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Saturday schedules.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Saturday schedules.
Wednesday, December 28: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes.
Thursday, December 29: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes.
Friday, December 30: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules with more Late Night Service, leaving Oakville GO station at 11:40 p.m. and 12:30 and 1:30 a.m. Free rides after 7 p.m.

Oakville Transit Care-a-Van

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Saturday service, 7 a.m. until midnight.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Saturday service, 7 a.m. until midnight.
Wednesday, December 28: Saturday service, 7 a.m. until midnight.
Thursday, December 29: Saturday service, 7 a.m. until midnight.
Friday, December 30: Saturday service, 7 a.m. until midnight.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday service, 7 a.m. until midnight.

Region of Peel Trans-Help

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Holiday service, 6 a.m. until 1 a.m.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Regular service.
Wednesday, December 28: Regular service.
Thursday, December 29: Regular service.
Friday, December 30: Regular service.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Regular service until 8:30 p.m.

Toronto Transit Commission

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26:

Holiday service. (Holiday service = service as frequent as Sunday service, but starts earlier, by about 6 a.m.);

Evening shuttle-bus service along the 86 Scarborough route between the Toronto Zoo and Meadowvale Loop for Terra Lumina.

“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Wednesday, December 28: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Thursday, December 29: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Friday, December 30: Revised Monday-to-Friday schedules.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31:

Saturday schedules, with later service until about 3:30 a.m. Free rides from 7 p.m. until 8 a.m., courtesy of Corby Spirit and Wine.

Some early-morning northbound buses along the 320 Yonge overnight route short-turn at Finch or York Mills stations and proceed along regular “daytime” routes. (Early Sunday morning.)

Evening shuttle-bus service along the 86 Scarborough route between the Toronto Zoo and Meadowvale Loop for Terra Lumina.

TTC Wheel-Trans

Regular service, 24 hours a day.

Union Pearson Express

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Saturday schedules.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Saturday schedules.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday schedules.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules. Free rides after 7 p.m., courtesy of Forty Creek Whisky and MADD Canada (Mothers Against Drunk Driving).

York Region Transit

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Saturday schedules. Service along the 50 Queensway route to and from “The ROC”. Buses operate along the 720 Highway 407 Terminal / Wonderland and 760 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland routes.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Saturday schedules. Service along the 50 Queensway route to and from “The ROC”. Buses operate along the 720 Highway 407 Terminal / Wonderland and 760 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland routes.
Wednesday, December 28: Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes. Mobilty on Request North service to and from “The ROC”. Buses operate along the 720 Highway 407 Terminal / Wonderland and 760 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland routes.
Thursday, December 29: Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes. Mobilty on Request North service to and from “The ROC”. Buses operate along the 720 Highway 407 Terminal / Wonderland and 760 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland routes.
Friday, December 30: Monday-to-Friday schedules; no service along high-school special routes. Mobilty on Request North service to and from “The ROC”. Buses operate along the 720 Highway 407 Terminal / Wonderland and 760 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland routes.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Saturday schedules, with later service** until about 3 a.m. Free rides after 7 p.m. Service along the 50 Queensway route to and from “The ROC”. Buses operate along the 720 Highway 407 Terminal / Wonderland and 760 Vaughan Mills / Wonderland routes.

YRT Mobility On-Request Paratransit Paratransit

Boxing Day, Monday, December 26: Regular service, 5 a.m. until 3 a.m.
“Observed” Christmas, Tuesday, December 27: Regular service, 5 a.m. until 3 a.m.
Wednesday, December 28: Regular service, 5 a.m. until 3 a.m.
Thursday, December 29: Regular service, 5 a.m. until 3 a.m.
Friday, December 30: Regular service, 5 a.m. until 3 a.m.
New Year’s Eve, Saturday, December 31: Regular service, 5 a.m. until 3 a.m.

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