Monday 16 December 2024
During summer holidays, especially over Christmas and New Year, metro, trains, buses, ferries and light rail may not run as usual. However, there will still be plenty of services to cater for everyone’s needs.
Travelling to the airport
If you're heading interstate or overseas and are heading to Sydney Airport, the AirportLink train is the most convenient option for travelling between major Sydney CBD train stations and the international and domestic airport terminals.
Allow extra travel time when travelling to the airport.
Please make sure to plan your trip before you travel.
Trackwork may affect your travel over the holiday period. Please check travel alerts and trackwork before you travel.
Dates
Metro
Monday 16 – Monday 23 December 2024
Saturday 20 - Sunday 21 December
Monday 23 December 2024
Christmas Eve
Christmas Day
Public holiday timetable (every 10 minutes)
Boxing Day
Public holiday timetable (every 10 mins)
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
New Year’s Eve
Saturday timetable with extra services
Services will run every 4 minutes between 12pm and 2am, and then every 5 - 10 minutes.
Visit the NYE event page to see how service changes will affect your journey
New Year’s Day
Public holiday timetable (every 10 mins)
Thursday
Australia Day
Public holiday timetable
Services extend to 12.30am
Services will run every 7 mins between 11am to 11pm
Visit the Australia Day event page to see how service changes will affect your journey.
Australia Day (public holiday)
Public holiday timetable (every 10 mins)
Sydney and Intercity trains will run a changed timetable over the summer holiday period. Plan your trip for the latest travel information.
Trackwork may affect your travel over the holiday period. Please check travel alerts and trackwork before you travel.
Timetable and service changes by date
Dates
Train
Monday 16 – Friday 20 December 2024
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Normal timetable.
T9 Northern Line , Blue Mountains Line and Central Coast & Newcastle Line : Services may run to a reduced frequency or changed timetable and stopping pattern.
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information.
Saturday 21 - Sunday 22 December 2024
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Saturday timetable.
Blue Mountains Line : Most services start and end at Blacktown.South Coast Line : Services start and end at Bondi Junction Central Coast & Newcastle Line : Services start and end at Strathfield T1 North Shore and T1 Western : Some trains may run to a changed timetable or stopping patternT2 Inner West and T3 Liverpool : Services run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern. From 11pm Saturday to 5.30am Sunday, buses replace trains between Strathfield and Central. T4 Cronulla : Buses replace trains between Cronulla and Sutherland.
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information.
Monday
Sydney and Intercity Trains: Modified Saturday timetable with extra trains during peak times.
City Circle : Nightly from 9.40pm to 1.30am trains run in on direction only, from Central first stop Town Hall
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information.
Christmas Eve
Tuesday
Sydney and Intercity Trains: Modified Saturday timetable with extra trains during peak times.
City Circle : Nightly from 9.40pm to 1.30am trains run in on direction only, from Central first stop Town Hall
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information.
Christmas Day
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable.
T2 Inner West and T3 Liverpool : From 11pm to 1.30am, buses replace Inner West trains between Strathfield and Ashfield
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information.
Boxing Day
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable.
T1 Western Line and T2 Leppington & Inner West Line : Buses replace trains between Parramatta and Olympic Park. T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line : Buses replace trains between Cabramatta and Olympic Park via Regents Park.
T5 Cumberland Line : Trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern between Penrith or Richmond and LeppingtonT6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line : Buses replace trains between Bankstown and Olympic ParkT7 Olympic Park Line : Buses replace trains between Olympic Park, Lidcombe and ParramattaBlue Mountains Line : Trains run between Blue Mountains Line stations and Blacktown. Change at Penrith for express buses to Olympic Park.South Coast Line : Services start and end at Bondi Junction or City CircleSouthern Highlands Line : Service start and end at CampbelltownCentral Coast & Newcastle Line : Most services start and end Strathfield
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information
Friday
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable with extra trains during peak times.
T1 Western Line and T2 Leppington & Inner West Line : Buses replace trains between Parramatta and Olympic Park.T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line : Buses replace trains between Cabramatta and Olympic Park via Regents Park.T5 Cumberland Line : Trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern between Penrith or Richmond and Leppington.T6 Lidcombe & Bankstown Line : Buses replace trains between Bankstown and Olympic Park.T7 Olympic Park Line : Buses replace trains between Olympic Park, Lidcombe and Parramatta.Blue Mountains Line : Trains run between Blue Mountains Line stations and Blacktown. Change at Penrith for express buses to Olympic Park.Central Coast & Newcastle Line : Most services start and end Strathfield. South Coast Line : Services start and end at Bondi Junction or City Circle.Southern Highlands Line : Service start and end at Campbelltown.
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information
Saturday
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable.
T1 Western Line and T2 Leppington & Inner West Line : Buses replace trains between Parramatta and Olympic Park. T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line : Trains run to a changed timetable between Liverpool and the City via Regents Park. T5 Cumberland Line : Trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern between Penrith or Richmond and Leppington.T7 Olympic Park Line : Buses replace trains between Olympic Park, Lidcombe and Parramatta.Blue Mountains Line : Trains run between Blue Mountains Line stations and Blacktown. Change at Penrith for express buses to Olympic Park.Central Coast & Newcastle Line : Most services start and end Strathfield. South Coast Line : Services start and end at Bondi Junction or City CircleSouthern Highlands Line : Services start and end at Campbelltown
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information.
Sunday
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable.
T1 Western Line and T2 Leppington & Inner West Line : Buses replace trains between Parramatta and Olympic Park. T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line : Trains run to a changed timetable between Liverpool and the City via Regents Park.T5 Cumberland Line : Trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern between Penrith or Richmond and Leppington.T7 Olympic Park Line : Buses replace trains between Olympic Park, Lidcombe and Parramatta.Blue Mountains Line : Trains run between Blue Mountains Line stations and Blacktown. Change at Penrith for express buses to Olympic Park.Central Coast & Newcastle Line : Most services start and end Strathfield.South Coast Line : Services start and end at Bondi Junction or City CircleSouthern Highlands Line : Services start and end at Campbelltown.
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information.
Monday
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable with extra trains during peak times.
T1 Western Line and T2 Leppington & Inner West Line : Buses replace trains between Parramatta and Olympic Park. T3 Liverpool & Inner West Line : Trains run to a changed timetable between Liverpool and the City via Regents Park.T5 Cumberland Line : Trains run to a changed timetable and stopping pattern between Penrith or Richmond and Leppington.T7 Olympic Park Line : Buses replace trains between Olympic Park, Lidcombe and Parramatta.Blue Mountains Line : Trains run between Blue Mountains Line stations and Blacktown. Change at Penrith for express buses to Olympic Park.Central Coast & Newcastle Line : Most services start and end Strathfield.South Coast Line : Services start and end at Bondi Junction or City Circle.Southern Highlands Line: Services start and end at Campbelltown.
Trackwork on other lines may affect how you travel. Plan your trip and check travel alerts for the latest travel information.
New Year’s Eve
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable with extra trains during peak times.
Visit the NYE event page to see how service changes will affect your journey.
New Year’s Day
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable.
Thursday
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable with extra trains during peak times.
Australia Day
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Modified Saturday timetable
Visit the Australia Day event page to see how service changes will affect your journey.
Australia Day (public holiday)
Sydney and Intercity Trains : Sunday timetable.
Between Christmas and New Year some bus timetables may change. Extra services will be provided for big events throughout December and January. Plan your trip for up-to-date travel information.
Dates
Bus
Monday 16 – Friday 20 December
Most buses will run to a weekday timetable.
Saturday 21 – Sunday 22 December 2024
Most buses will run to a weekend timetable.
Monday 23 December 2024
Most buses will run to a weekday timetable.
Christmas Eve
Tuesday
Most buses will run to a weekday timetable.
Some services are not available.
Christmas Day
Most buses will run to a Sunday timetable.
Some services are not available.
Boxing Day
Most buses will run to a Sunday timetable.
Some services are not available.
Friday
Most buses will run to a weekday timetable.
Saturday 28
Most buses will run to a Saturday timetable.
Sunday
Most buses will run to a Sunday timetable.
Monday
Most buses will run to a weekday timetable.
Some services are not available.
New Year’s Eve
Most buses will run to a weekend timetable with extra services.
Some services are not available.
Visit the NYE event page to see how service changes will affect your journey
New Year’s Day
Most buses will run to a Sunday timetable.
Some services are not available.
Thursday
Most buses will run to a weekday timetable.
Australia Day
Most buses will run to a Sunday timetable
Some services are not available
Visit the Australia Day event page to see how service changes will affect your journey.
Australia Day (public holiday)
Monday
Most buses will run to a Sunday timetable.
Sydney Harbour is always busy over the summer, plan your trip in advance and allow extra travel time.
For service changes outside of Sydney Harbour, check out details on operator websites .
Dates
Ferry
Monday 16 – Friday 20 December 2024
Sydney Ferries services : Weekday timetable
Saturday 21 – Sunday 22 December 2024
Sydney Ferries services : Weekend timetable
Monday
Sydney Ferries services : Weekday timetable
Christmas Eve
Tuesday
Sydney Ferries services : Weekday timetable
Christmas Day
F1 Manly : Modified public holiday timetableF2 : Public holiday timetableF3 Parramatta River : No serviceF4 Pyrmont Bay : Modified public holiday timetableF5 : Public holiday timetableF6 : Public holiday timetableF7 Double Bay : No serviceF8 Cockatoo Island : Modified public holiday timetableF9 Watson Bay : Modified public holiday timetableF10 : No serviceAll other Sydney Ferries services : Public holiday timetableManly Fast Ferry : Modified public holiday timetable
Boxing Day
All services run to a public holiday timetable
Some services are affected by the midday harbour closures for the Sydney Hobart Yacht race .
Friday
Most services run to a weekend timetable
Saturday
Most services run to a weekend timetable
Sunday
Most services run to a weekend timetable
Monday
Most services run to a weekend timetable
Some additional services
New Year’s Eve
Most services run to a weekday timetable
Most ferry services will stop running to Circular Quay from around 4.30pm due to harbour closures
Limited services resuming after the midnight fireworks.
Visit the NYE event page to see how service changes will affect your journey
New Year’s Day
Most services run to a public holiday timetable
Thursday
Most services run to a weekend timetable
Some additional services
Australia Day
Services affected by harbour closures for the Australia Day Celebrations.
Most services run to a public holiday timetable with harbour closures
Visit the Australia Day event page to see how service changes will affect your journey.
Australia Day Public Holiday
Monday
All services run to a public holiday timetable
Always check the Trip Planner , travel alerts , travel apps or the information boards at stops to check the status of the services on the day.
Dates
Light rail
Monday 16 – Friday 20 December 2024
Most services run to a weekday timetable
Saturday 21 – Sunday 22 December 2024
Most services run to a weekend timetable
Monday
Most services run to a weekend timetable
Christmas Eve
Most services run to a weekend timetable
Christmas Day
Most services run to a Sunday timetable
Boxing Day
Most services run to a Sunday timetable
Some services run to a special timetable due to events
Friday
Services run to a weekday timetable
Saturday
Services run to a weekday timetable
Some services run to a special timetable due to events
Sunday
Services run to a Sunday timetable
Monday
Services run to a weekday timetable
New Year’s Eve
Most services run to a modified weekday timetable
Visit the NYE event page to see how service changes will affect your journey
New Year’s Day
Most services run to a Sunday timetable.
Thursday
Services run to a weekday timetable
Australia Day
Most services run to a Sunday timetable
Visit the Australia Day event page to see how service changes will affect your journey
Australia Day Public Holiday
Monday
Most services run to a modified Sunday timetable
