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Free Muni & Caltrain Rides | New Year’s Eve

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Saturday, December 31, 2011 - 8:00 pm to 11:59 pm | Cost: FREE

Free Muni & Caltrain Rides | New Years Eve Get hammered on New Years Eve but still get home safe and for free via bus, train or light rail if you live anywhere other than the East Bay and North Bay. And within San Francisco get free rides on Muni and the cable cars all night starting at 8pm.

You can also get a free taxi ride home or a free “tipsy tow” from AAA if riding public transportation isn’t your thing.

All details have been confirmed with the transit agencies for 12/31/11.

SF Muni: Free rides on all Muni lines & routes (including cable cars) from 8pm NYE until 6am New Years Day. Additional Metro service from 8 p.m. to 2:15 a.m. from West Portal to Caltrain and until 4 a.m. from Embarcadero to West Portal Station.

Extra Owl Service – Buses run every 15 minutes (instead of every 30) from 1am to 5pm
5 Fulton, 14 Mission, 22 Fillmore, 24 Divisadero, 38 Geary, 90 Owl, 91 Owl, and L and N Owl motor coach service

SamTrans: Free rides on all routes (including RediWheels and RediCoast) from 11pm until 2am. Regular schedule operates on New Year’s Eve, but Sunday schedule operates on New Year’s Day

CalTrain: Free rides after 11pm and there is extended service after midnight. Four extra trains depart San Francisco southbound – 12:45am, 1:15am, 1:45am, and 2:15am making all local weekend stops to the San Jose Diridon Station

VTA: Free bus and light rail service from 7pm on Friday until 3:59am on New Year’s Day.

Last Train Times

Light Rail (Alum Rock- Santa Teresa and Mountain View-Winchester lines)

Last trip leaving Santa Teresa at 1:54 a.m.

Last trip leaving Alum Rock at 1:37 a.m.

Last trip leaving Winchester at 1:10 a.m.

Last trip leaving Mountain View at 10:50 p.m. – Last trip leaving Baypointe at 1:27 a.m.

Express Line 180/181 (to the Fremont BART Station)

Last Northbound bus leaving Diridon Station at 2:06 a.m. arriving at Fremont BART at 2:47 a.m.

Last Southbound bus leaving Fremont BART at 3:05 a.m. arriving at 2^nd & Santa Clara at 3:41 a.m. (Does not go to the Diridon Station)

BART: No special fares for New Years Eve 12/31/11, but there will be extended service until 3am. The best tip we can give is to buy your round trip ticket in advance to avoid a line on the way home.

“Skip Stop” Schedule at Embarcadero & Montgomery
To help ease overcrowding due to the New Year’s Eve fireworks show at Pier 14, some trains will not stop at either Embarcadero or Montgomery Street stations during peak hours.

Pittsburg/Bay Point and Richmond trains will not stop at Embarcadero Station until 1:40am – Use Montgomery Station instead

Dublin/Pleasanton and Fremont trains will not stop at Montgomery Street Station until 1:26am – Use Embarcadero Station

Last Trains from Embarcadero:

To Dublin/Pleasanton & Richmond at 3:16 a.m. – Full Service

To Pittsburgh/Bay Point & Fremont at 3:26 a.m. (no trains at Embarcadero from midnight to 1:40am – use Montomgery instead)

To Millbrae at 3:32 a.m.

To SFO at 4:02 a.m.

Last Trains from Montgomery Street Station:

To Dublin/Pleasanton & Richmond at 3:15 a.m. (no trains at Montgomery from 12:06am to 1:26am – use Embarcadero instead)

To Pittsburgh/Baypoint & Fremont at 3:24 a.m. – Full Service

To Millbrae at 3:33 a.m.

To SFO at 4:04 a.m.

New Years Eve BART details

Full New Years Eve BART schedule (pdf)

Free Downtown Oakland B Shuttle: Downtown Oakland’s free Broadway shuttle will be running on New Year’s Eve from 6pm-1am.

Hop on and hop off at any stop between Embarcadero West (Jack London Square) and 27th Street. Shuttles run every 15 minutes.