New Year's Eve 2026. How STB buses and the metro will run on New Year's Eve


Bucharest Metro, Photo: Adrian Ilincescu/ HotNews.ro
For the night between years, special public transport measures are announced in Bucharest, in the context of the “New Year's Eve 2025-2026” event, organized in the Alba Iulia Square area.
The public transport schedule in Bucharest was announced on Monday by the Intercommunity Development Association for Public Transport Bucharest – Ilfov (TPBI).
New night line
On New Year's Eve, the N41 bus line will operate, transporting passengers every 30 minutes.
The route is: “Piața Presei”, Bd. Mărăști, Bd. Mareșal Alexandru Averescu, Str. Turda, Passajul Grant, Calea Crângași, Sos. Virtuiti, Lujerului Passage, Str. Brașov, Bd. Ghencea, “Ghencea” and return.
Traffic restrictions and route diversions
Also on New Year's Eve, “New Year's Eve 2025-2026”, organized in the Alba Iulia Square area of Bucharest, will impose road traffic restrictions, during the period of 31.12.2025, starting at 19:00 – 01.01.2026, until 01:00, on Bd. Unirii, the section between Str. Lucian Blaga and Piața Alba Iulia, respectively on Bd. Decebal, between Str. Dristolur and Alba Iulia Square.
For this reason, during the mentioned period, the buses of lines 104 and N104 will circulate – at the disposal of public order agents and the Road Brigade – on modified routes, as follows:
Line 104 will operate on the basic route between the “Piaţa Operei” terminal and the intersection of Bd. Unirii/ Str. Lucian Blaga, then on a modified route in both directions on Str. Lucian Blaga, Calea Dudesti, Road. Mihai Bravu, then the basic route.
The N104 line will operate on the basic route between the terminal “Piaţa Unirii 4” and the intersection Bd. Unirii/ Str. Lucian Blaga, then on a modified route in both directions on Str. Lucian Blaga, Calea Dudesti, Road. Mihai Bravu, Str. Baba Novac, then the base route.
TPBI reminds that, during the period 25.12.2025-07.01.2026, public surface transport lines in the Municipality of Bucharest will operate according to the schedule of a Sunday.
New Year's Eve metro schedule
Metrorex has announced that, between January 1-2, 2026 and January 5-7, 2026, metro trains will run according to the schedules valid for weekends and public holidays.
- Highways 1, 2, 3 and 5: 9 minute interval
- Highway 4: 12 minute interval
On New Year's Eve, December 31, 2025 – January 1, 2026:
- 23:00 – 01:00: trains approximately every 10 minutes
- 01:00 – 05:00: trains every 20 minutes




