MassDOT announces free MBTA service New Year's Eve night, travel advisory

BOSTON — The Massachusetts Department of Transportation rolled out a plan for the upcoming New Year's crowd and is advising everyone to plan ahead, drive sober and take note of their holiday travel advisory.

To ensure a safe trip to and from home, MassDOT announced a few schedule changes -- and some free coffee, too!

According to their advisory, all MBTA services will be free after 8 p.m., Monday, December 31, until the end of service.

They are also serving free coffee at 18 MassDOT service plazas on New Year's Eve. The locations include service plazas along I-90, plazas along Route 3 in Plymouth, Route 128 in Beverly, Route 128/I-95 in Newton and Lexington, Route 6 in Barnstable, and the Route 24 northbound and southbound plazas.

MassDOT will be shutting down scheduled road work at 5 a.m. Friday until Wednesday, January 2, 2019 for safety reasons.

Other schedule information to take note of: 

•  All subway lines will operate a weekend schedule on 12/31, with trains then operating at rush-hour levels of service from 3 p.m., until  2 a.m. and on Tuesday 1/2, all subway lines will operate on a Sunday schedule.

•  On Monday 12/31, the Commuter Rail will operate a weekday schedule and provide late-night service. Trains will make all stops enroute to their destinations. Bicycles are prohibited on all inbound trains between 10 a.m., and 6 p.m., and all outbound trains from 4 p.m., through the end of service on New Year’s Eve. Trains will operate on a Sunday schedule on 1/1.

•    Buses will operate on a regular weekday schedule on 12/31, and will operate on a Sunday schedule 1/1.

•    Ferry service will operate on a regular weekday schedule on New Years Eve. There will be no ferry service on New Years Day.

More information on MassDOT's holiday travel advisory can be found on the full MBTA holiday schedule.

Be safe!

Cox Media Group