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Free travel, reduced hours part of TTC holiday schedule

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The Toronto Transit Commission has released a schedule for passengers planning to take public transit during the holidays.

While weekday subway schedules remain unaffected, most hours of operation will be reduced around Christmas Day and New Year’s.

Here is a rundown of the TTC’s holiday schedule. Detailed information about scheduling is available on the TTC’s website.

Monday, Dec. 21 to Thursday, Dec. 24

  • Weekday service.
  • Subway and most routes start at 6 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 25 (Christmas Day)

  • Sunday service.
  • Subway and most routes start at 9 a.m.

Saturday, Dec. 26 (Boxing Day)

  • Holiday service.
  • Subway and most routes start at 6 a.m.

Sunday, Dec. 27

  • Sunday service.
  • Subway and most routes start at 9 a.m.

Monday, Dec. 28 to Wednesday, Dec. 30

  • Weekday service.
  • Subway and most routes start at 6 a.m.

Thursday, Dec. 31 ( New Year's Eve) -- Travel free from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m., Jan. 1

  • Weekday service, with late evening service extended later than usual.
  • Subway and most routes start at 6 a.m.
  • Free parking at TTC parking lots after 3 p.m.
  • Subway and most bus and streetcar service extended until approximately 4 a.m., Fri., Jan. 1.

The last subway trains running on New Year's Eve will be:

  • Line 1: north from Union Station at 3:30 a.m.
  • Line 2: east or west from Bloor-Yonge Station at 3:37 a.m.
  • Line 3: east from Kennedy Station at 4:07 a.m.
  • Line 4: east from Sheppard-Yonge Station at 3:58 a.m.

The 300 Bloor-Danforth and the 320 Yonge bus routes begin service at 3 a.m. and will operate until 9 a.m. on New Year's Day.

Friday, Jan. 1, 2016 (New Year's Day)

  • Sunday service
  • Subway and most routes start at 9 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 2

  • Saturday service
  • Subway and most routes start at 6 a.m.

TTC Blue Night Network operates when subway service closes each night and when regular surface routes also stop until the next day.