With thousands expected to make their way to Valletta on 1 st October 2022 for this year’s edition of Notte Bianca, Malta Public Transport will be operating a Special Service to facilitate travel for people visiting this evening of celebration of art and culture in the Capital. The special service will also coincide with the launch of free public transport for all those who have a valid personalised Tallinja Card.
Routes going towards Valletta will be run more frequently from 16:30hrs to cater for the expected high volume of passengers. Passengers can also take Route 133 along the Valletta ring-road, which will operate with extended hours between 17:00hrs and 00:00hrs. On their way back people can avail themselves from the Marsa Addolorata Park & Ride that departs from Valletta Bay A1 to Marsa every 30 minutes from 23:00hrs till 01:00hrs. Similarly, the Pembroke Park & Ride departures from Valletta Bay A15 will take place every 30 minutes from 23:00hrs till 01:00hrs.
Furthermore, Special Service routes will depart from Valletta Terminus as follows:
Route S10 will depart from Valletta Bay A2 every 30 minutes from 23:00hrs till 01:30hrs
Route S50 will depart from Valletta Bay A3 every 20 minutes from 23:00hrs till 00:00hrs and every 30 minutes from 00:00hrs to 01:30hrs
Route S60 will depart from Valletta Bay A4 every 20 minutes from 23:00hrs till 00:00hrs and every 30 minutes from 00:00hrs to 01:30hrs
Route S70 will depart from Valletta Bay A5 every 20 minutes from 23:00hrs till 00:00hrs and every 30 minutes from 00:00hrs to 01:30hrs
Route S80 will depart from Valletta Bay A6 every 15 minutes from 23:00hrs till 00:15hrs and every 30 minutes from 00:15hrs to 01:45hrs
Route S90 will depart from Valletta Bay A7 every 15 minutes from 23:00hrs till 00:15hrs and every 30 minutes from 00:15hrs to 01:45hrs
Route S20 will depart from Valletta Bay A8 every 30 minutes from 23:00hrs till 00:00hrs and every 20 minutes from 00:00hrs to 01:40hrs
Route S30 will depart from Valletta Bay A9 every 15 minutes from 23:00hrs till 00:00hrs
and every 20 minutes from 01:00hrs to 02:00hrs
Route S40 will depart from Valletta Bay A10 every 20 minutes from 23:00hrs till 01:00hrs with the last trip being at 01:30hrs
Route S41 will depart from Valletta Bay A11 every 15 minutes from 23:00hrs till 00:00hrs and every 30 minutes from 00:00hrs to 01:30hrs
Route N13 will have departures from Valletta Bays A12 and A13 as per normal scheduled with extra trips allocated depending on public demand on the night.
Route S212 will depart from Valletta Bay A14 every 30 minutes from 23:00hrs till 01:00hrs with extra trips allocated depending on public demand on the night.
For further convenience and safety additional buses, drivers and engineers will be present to be deployed as needed.
Malta Public Transport would like to remind the public that in order to benefit from free public transport from 1st October onwards, passengers are required to own a valid personalised Tallinja Card and tap it against the ticket machine every time they board the bus. Passengers without Tallinja Cards will need to purchase their ticket on board the bus.
For more information, including details of bus routes and FAQs on the free public transport scheme, once can visit https://www.publictransport.com.mt/en/nottebianca2022 or call on 2122 2000.
