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Parent | Coach USA |
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Founded | 1922 |
Headquarters | 66 Tetz Road, Chester, NY 10918 |
Locale | New York |
Service area | Greater New York, Southern Tier, Hudson Valley, Finger Lakes |
Service type | Local, intercity, contract, and charter bus service |
Alliance | Trailways (Route 96 only) |
Routes | 29 |
Hubs | PABT, Middletown, Monticello, Newburgh, and Binghamton |
Stations | GWB Bus Terminal, PABT |
Fleet | 233 [1] [2] [3] |
Website | www |
Short Line is a brand name for three different Coach USA companies, Hudson Transit Lines, Hudson Transit Corporation, and Chenango Valley Bus Lines that provide local, commuter and intercity bus service in lower New York State, primarily along the Route 17 and Southern Tier corridor. Coach USA acquired the companies in 1998. [4]
Short Line's service can be defined in several categories:
Short Line, under contract to Orange County, provides local bus service along the former Erie Main Line corridor along Route 17M. [5] ShortLine also owns local routes traveling along Routes 17K and 32 in Orange County, as well as local routes traveling onward from Middletown onward to Route 209, and to other towns along Route 17.
Within the New York metropolitan area, ShortLine operates commuter services along the Route 17 corridor, Interstate 84, Routes 208 and 32, and Rockland and Bergen (NJ Route 17) counties to New York City.
In addition, under contract to the New York State Department of Transportation and Rockland County Department of Public Transportation, ShortLine provides commuter bus service from Orange and Rockland Counties to White Plains and Tarrytown. [6]
Within and beyond the New York metropolitan area, ShortLine provides scheduled service to and from Long Island to the Southern Tier (via Middletown and Monticello) and service to and from major colleges and universities in the region, such as Cornell University, SUNY Alfred, Binghamton University, Ithaca College, and SUNY Albany, and intermediate points. The central hub for all of these routes is Binghamton, via Routes X178 and 495.
Short Line provides service along 29 routes. Details are listed below for the full route only. Some schedules may serve only portions of the line, skip some stops, or may service multiple routes.
Unless noted, all service is provided using Coach USA-branded vehicles.
Route | Outbound terminal | Via | Inbound terminal | Notes |
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Northern District-Nanuet (W59) | Nanuet Exit 14 P/R and Hamlets | Express | New York Midtown or Wall Street |
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Northern District-Bergen County | Mahwah Ramapo College | Route 208, Wyckoff, Oakland | Port Authority Bus Terminal |
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17G | Ramsey | Wyckoff Avenue, Franklin Turnpike |
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17RG | Mahwah Ridge Gardens | Franklin Turnpike (Ho-Ho-Kus to Mahwah) |
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17SF/WY | Suffern | Route 17 to Mahwah Orange Avenue to Suffern |
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17US | Ramsey | Upper Saddle River |
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These routes service the outer regions of the New York metropolitan area.
Route | Terminal A | Via | Terminal B | Notes |
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Main Line Trolley | Middletown | Route 17M | Woodbury Common Premium Outlets |
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17M/MD | Monroe, Goshen, Chester, Central Valley, Harriman, Tuxedo, Sloatsburg, Suffern | Port Authority Bus Terminal | This route has a number of peak-service and short-turn variants:
In addition, most local trips continue to/from 17SF/WY in Bergen County. | |
X32N | Rhinebeck | Poughkeepsie, Newburgh, Woodbury Common | ||
XPA84 | Hawley | Honesdale (PA), Port Jervis (NY), Middletown |
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X87M | Middletown | Route 17/Thruway Express |
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700 | Newburgh or West Point | Thruway Express |
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Cornwall, West Point, Stony Point, Haverstraw, Suffern, Bergen County | ||||
Woodbury Common | ||||
208-GWB Eastside Commuter | Montgomery | Washingtonville, Monroe, Central Valley | New York George Washington Bridge, Harlem, and East Side |
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209 | Kerhonkson | Ellenville, Wurtsboro, Middletown, Monroe | Port Authority Bus Terminal | |
287 (Orange-Westchester Link) | Middletown | Goshen, Monroe, Central Valley | White Plains Platinum Mile |
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L-9 | Newburgh | Cornwall, West Point, Highland Falls, Bear Mountain, Suffern | Port Authority Bus Terminal | |
L-211 | Routes 17K and 211 | Middletown |
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These routes run primarily from the New York Metro area to points in the Southern Tier (Sullivan County and beyond), or service the Southern Tier of New York State exclusively.
Route | Terminal A | Via | Terminal B | Notes |
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40 | Monticello | Port Authority Bus Terminal | Brooklyn Midwood |
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52 | Monticello | South Fallsburg, Woodbourne, Sullivan County Community College | Liberty | |
56 | Monticello | Monticello Gaming & Raceway, White Lake, Bethel Woods Center for the Arts | Villa Roma |
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79 | Olean | Alfred State College | Binghamton |
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88 | Binghamton | Interstate 88 corridor | Albany |
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L178 | Monticello | Wurtsboro, Middletown | Port Authority Bus Terminal | |
X178 | Alfred State College or Ithaca City Bus Terminal or Cornell University | Binghamton, Monticello |
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179 | Binghamton | Deposit, Hancock, Roscoe, Liberty, Monticello Gaming & Raceway | Monticello | |
495 | Monticello | Middletown, Woodbury Common, Nanuet, White Plains, Queens Village, Hempstead | Patchogue |
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L-12 | Utica | Colgate University, SUNY Morrisville, Norwich | Binghamton |
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On June 12, 2017, in New York City, a Hudson Transit Lines bus was involved in a crash in which driver Dave Lewis ran over and killed bicyclist Dan Hanegby, an Israeli-American athlete and cycling enthusiast. [7] The bus driver was arrested due to this incident, on a misdemeanor charge. [8]
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