Arriva carried more than 30,000 passengers on its special Notte Bianca services between 11 p.m. yesterday and 3 a.m. today, the company said.

A spokesman for the company said that the area around Valletta City Gate, the Triton Fountain and bus station became very busy as tens of thousands of people left the event through this area last night.

While there were large crowds, Arriva and Transport Malta had staff on hand to direct those wanting to take the bus to the relevant stops, and mobile ticket sellers to help make boarding quicker.

Special routes labelled A to K were put on for the evening to make sure all passengers could make the journey home.

All routes were monitored closely and services delivered frequently at regular intervals.

Extra buses were put on those routes where there was most demand from passengers to cope with the high volume of people, it said.