New Year's Eve 2025

Buses that normally run late-night services on Fridays and Saturdays will run between midnight to 3am. In addition, 26 extra trips will be added to the schedule.  On 1 January routes will follow Sunday timetables, while on 2 January routes will follow a Saturday timetable with additional late-night services running after midnight. 

On New Year's Eve some services will detours due to road closures. Routes 11T, 11W, 18, 20, 75, 105, 106, 195, 209, WX1 and CTY buses heading into the City Centre will not be stopping at the following stops:

• Stop 7075 and 7076 Albert Street/Wolfe Street

• Stop 7081 Stop G Te Waihorotiu Station

• Stop 1342 and 1325 Te Komititanga

• Stop 7053 and 7054 Wellesley Street

• Stop 7049 and 7050 Vulcan Lane

• Stop 7052 Durham Street 

• Stop 7034 Bradnor Lane

• Stop 1060 and 1061 Wynyard Quarter

• Stop 1072 Daldy Street/Gaunt Street: use temporary stop on Beaumont Street

• Stop 1068 Madden Street: use temporary stop on Beaumont Street

• Stop 1060 Wynyard Quarter: use temporary stop on Beaumont Street

     To plan your trip use Journey Planner. You can also subscribe to get service alerts about detours and cancellations on the AT Mobile app. Click on the attachment at the bottom of this page for detailed information about detours and impacted bus stops. 

From 27 December 2025, rail network closures will be in place. On 31 December, rail replacement buses will be running additional late-night services. The last service for each bus leaving the City Centre is: 

Ferry services will vary from service to service; visit at.govt.nz/holidaytimetables for details.  

Devonport ferry will run a late service on New Years Eve with the last sailing leaving Downtown on 1 January 2026 at 12:15 am, and the last sailing leaving Devonport at 12:30am. 

Fullers360 Waiheke ferry will also run a late service, with the last sailing leaving Downtown at 12:15am and the last sailing leaving Waiheke at 1am. Island Direct services will run their normal timetable.  

To support a safe environment for all, there will be a number of road closures around Sky City and Auckland’s waterfront. Road closures will be in place from 10pm on 31 December 2025 until 1am on 1 January 2026.  

For detailed information about which roads will be closed visit Road Closures in Auckland. Please know that members of the public who are parked within the road closure cordon, including in carpark buildings, will not be able to leave until after the closures have been lifted.

Plan ahead to ensure you can leave your car park space if you need to do so before 10pm.

The off-ramp to Shelly Beach Road from SH1 heading towards the City Centre will be closed as part of Auckland Harbour Bridge works.