If you’re one of the unlucky people having to go to work on New Year’s Eve , or if you’re planning your night out, we’ve produced a guide to travel and timetables on the Tyne & Wear Metro system and Go North East and Arriva bus services.

New Year’s Eve

Metro

On New Year’s Eve (Sunday December 31) trains will run a weekday service until 10pm (times vary from station to station; see below), then a 30-minute service (15-minute service through Newcastle city centre) until about 11pm.

Full timetables are below:

St James to South Shields timetable (and vice versa)

Airport to South Hylton timetable (and vice versa)

Bus

Go North East buses will run to Sunday timetables, with the majority of last departures between 5pm and 6pm. A download timetable of last services from key destinations can be found here.

Arriva North East will be running a normal Sunday timetable until around 6pm, after which buses will gradually be withdrawn. Final journey departure times for County Durham can be found here and for Northumberland and Tyneside here.