Bus transport operator in Ulster County, New York,
Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT ) is the county-owned operator of bus transportation in Ulster County, New York , providing fixed-route, deviated-fixed route, and commuter transit.
Service area
UCAT provides service primarily in the corridors of the major state and U.S. highways traversing Ulster County, servicing primarily the U.S. Route 209 , Route 28 , Route 32 , U.S. Route 9W and Route 299 corridors. Service is also provided out of the county to Poughkeepsie [ 2] and Newburgh for connections with Metro-North Railroad at Poughkeepsie , and Short Line Bus in Newburgh and Ellenville .[ 3] Within Ulster County, connections are available to Trailways of New York inter-city and commuter services to both New York City and Albany .[ 4] [ 5]
Routes
The full route is given. UCAT is a fixed route provider with complementary paratransit mirroring the fixed route time tables and servicing an area 1 1/2 miles on either side of the fixed route.
In 2010, the routes were given letters (previously, routes were identified by destination only). Those are also denoted in the table below.
Weekday service
Weekend service
On Saturdays, the following services operate:
Ulster-Poughkeepsie LINK
Route K (weekday route)
Route S (weekday route)
Route E (weekday route)
Route Z (weekday route)
On Sundays, only the Ulster-Poughkeepsie LINK operates.
Route
Terminals
Via
Fare zones
Notes
E1
Ellenville Liberty Square
Spring Glen Old Route 209 and Spring Glen Road
Route 209
Zone 1: Ellenville village
Zone 2: Wawarsing (excluding Ellenville)
All trips continued to/from Route E.
Discontinued on April 1, 2013.[ 6] [ 7]
F
Woodstock NY Route 212 and Rock City Road
Saugerties Post Office
Route 212
Zone 1: Woodstock
Zone 2: Saugerties
All trips continued to/from Route S.
Discontinued on April 1, 2013.[ 8] [ 9]
G
Kingston Hannaford
Marlboro St. Mary's Church
Albany Avenue BroadwayRoute 9W
H
New Paltz Trailways terminal
Highland Bridgeview Plaza
Route 299 New Paltz Road Route 9W
Renamed Route UPL on April 1, 2013.[ 11] [ 12]
M
Ulster mall circulator
Route 9W Private mall drives
None
50¢ fare.
Renamed Route MALL on April 1, 2013.[ 13] [ 14]
N
SUNY Ulster
Rosendale Route 32 park-ride
Route 213 Lucas Avenue
Zone 1: Marbletown
Zone 2: Rosendale
Extended to New Paltz and renamed Route CL on April 1, 2013.[ 15]
New Paltz loop
New Paltz BOCES
Chestnut Street Henry DuBois Drive (some trips)SUNY New Paltz
None
Renamed Route NPL on April 1, 2013.[ 16] [ 17]
See also
References
^ a b c "Ulster County Area Transit information from the National Transit Database" (PDF) . Retrieved February 21, 2010 .
^ Rife, Judy (September 20, 2008). "New shuttles will help railroad meet demand" . Times Herald-Record. Retrieved October 30, 2008 .
^ "UCAT Bus Schedules" . Retrieved October 30, 2008 .
^ Hickey, Andrew (August 14, 2008). "Ride It Out: County bus patronage on the rise" . Woodstock Times . Retrieved October 30, 2008 .
^ "Proposed Schedule Changes" . Retrieved October 30, 2008 .
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT) | Ulster County" . Archived from the original on September 18, 2015.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
^ "Ulster County Area Transit" . Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
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Transit centers