New Year's Eve - Gold Coast

In brief

Venue

Gold Coast

Date and times

Tuesday 31 December 2024
Event times
Time Event
08:00 pm
Free travel begins
08:00 pm
Broadbeach, Coomera, Surfers Paradise fireworks
09:00 pm
Coolangatta, Paradise Point fireworks
10:00 pm
Robina Town Centre Prominade fireworks
12:01 am
Midnight fireworks - Broadbeach, Coolangatta and Surfers Paradise

New Years Eve is one of the biggest nights of the year on our network.

It will be busy, so plan your travel to and from the event before leaving home.

Free travel

Travel will be free across our SEQ network from 8pm on Wednesday 31 December until 5:30am on Thursday 1 January.

If you're travelling before 8pm our normal fare and travel conditions apply.

Extra services

Trams

There will be extra trams running on New Years Eve at the following times:

  • 7pm to 2am - every 7.5 minutes 
  • 2am to 7am - every 10 minutes 

Before 7pm, tram services will run to a normal weekday timetable. 

Buses

The following extra bus services will be running on New Years Eve:

RoutesTimes
700 Toward Tweed Heads: Every 30 minutes between 12:51am and 3:51am
Toward Broadbeach: Every 30 minutes between 1:20am and 3:50am
704Helensvale: Every 30 minutes between 12:36am and 3:36am
Main Beach: Every 30 minutes between 1:14am and 3:14am
705Toward Broadbeach: Every 15 minutes between 11:22pm and 2:07am
Toward Main Beach: Every 15 minutes between 11:40pm and 2:10am
711Toward Southport: Every hour between 6:52pm and 3:52am
Toward Hope Island: Every hour between 6:02pm and 12:02am
713Toward Southport: Every hour between 10:05pm and 1:05am
Toward Paradise Point: Every hour between 10:20pm and 3:20am
740Toward Nerang: Every 30 minutes between 12:20am and 2:49am
Toward Surfers Paradise: Every 30 minutes between 12:49am and 3:49am
741Toward Broadbeach South: Every hour between 8:03pm and 4:03am
Toward Southport: Every hour between 6:14pm and 4:14am
750Toward Robina: Every 20 minutes between 1am and 4am
Toward Broadbeach South: 10:35pm, 11:35pm, 12:05am, 12:35am, 1:05am, 1:25am, 1:45am, 2:05am
765Toward Palm Beach: Every 30 minutes between 10:33pm and 3:53am
Toward Robina: Every 30 minutes between 9:33pm and 3:33am

Before these times, bus services will run to a normal weekday timetable. 

Trains

There'll be major timetable changes on all lines due to Cross River Rail works. 

Trains will run every 15 minutes during peak periods on all lines, except Doomben, Rosewood and Sunshine Coast lines, which will run every 30 minutes.

Services will run to a public holiday timetable on Wednesday 1 January. 

The December and January extended track closures will continue to impact most lines until Sunday 19 January. 

Event information

Visit the Destination Gold Coast website for more information.