PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) — Need to use the Hampton Roads Transit during the holidays? See details on changes to transportation around Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Due to the closure of the Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipyard for the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, bus Routes  403, 405, 415, 430, 966, 967 and 972 will not operate from Dec. 23 through Jan. 1, 2025. These routes will resume operation on Jan. 2, 2025. 

On Christmas Eve, Dec. 24: all services will operate on a regular schedule, except for Routes  403, 405, 415, 430, 966, 967 and 972, which will not operate. Specialized trips (Routes 414, 921, 961 and 964) will operate, but they will not serve the Huntington Ingalls Newport News Shipyard. 

Transit center information booths and the Customer Service Call Center will be closed. 
  
On Christmas Day, Dec. 25: most bus routes will operate on a regular Sunday schedule, but some bus routes will operate on a modified Sunday schedule with service ending earlier (visit www.gohrt.com for details). The light rail, Base Express, paratransit and ridesharing services will operate on a Sunday schedule.

The ferry will not operate. 

Transit center information booths and the Customer Service call center will be closed. 

On New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31: bus, light rail, Base Express, paratransit and ridesharing services will operate on a regular schedule. The ferry will operate until 2 a.m.

The Downtown Norfolk Transit Center information booth will close at 4:30 p.m. All other transit center information booths will operate on regular schedules. The Customer Service call center will operate from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m.  
 
On New Year’s Day, Jan. 1: most bus routes will operate on a regular Sunday schedule, but some bus routes will operate on a modified Sunday schedule with service ending earlier (visit www.gohrt.com for details). The light rail, Base Express, paratransit and ridesharing services will operate on a Sunday schedule. The ferry will operate on a regular schedule. Transit center information booths and the Customer Service call center will be closed.