Transit Orange

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Transit Orange
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A Transit Orange bus on The Main Line in 2008
ParentOrange County Department of Planning
Founded2006
Headquarters1887 County Building
124 Main St
Goshen, NY 10924 [1]
Service area Orange County, NY
Service typeLocal buses, Dial-a-bus
Routes14
Hubs Middletown Terminal
Woodbury Commons
Downtown Newburgh
Wallkill Malls
Annual ridership812,366 (county total, 2022) [lower-alpha 1]
Fuel typeDiesel
Website Official website

Transit Orange is the brand name for bus transit services in Orange County, New York. Under the brand name of Transit Orange, mini-systems, mostly municipally-run, serve various towns across Orange County. [2] In addition to these municipal and private services, Transit Orange also owns The Main Line bus, and oversees municipal dial-a-bus operations. [3] [4] Along with Short Line Bus and the Metro-North Port Jervis Line, Transit Orange forms the basis of public transportation in Orange County. [1]

Contents

History

Bus service in Orange County in 1934, when Newburgh's system was founded. In 1935, Middletown's system commenced operations. Kiryas Joel's system likely was created sometime in the 1970s, when Kiryas Joel was founded. By the mid-2000s, 16 different private companies operated in Orange County, and none had any connections with each other. [5]

As a solution, Transit Orange was created in 2006 to consolidate and unify the operations of the multiple different companies that ran services in Orange County at the time. [5] Transit Orange did not directly take over or replace any transit systems, however local and dial-a-bus services began using county-owned and Transit Orange-branded vehicles. In 2022, services overseen by the county had a total ridership of 812,366 passengers per year. [6] [lower-alpha 2]

Services

Transit Orange does not directly operate any routes; all operations are contracted out. When the operator is known, it is listed. [5]

Municipal local services

All municipal services are operated as their own private companies, but their fleets mostly or entirely consist of leased buses owned by Transit Orange, and all services operate under the Transit Orange brand name.

Middletown

The Middletown system, officially known as the Middletown Transit Corporation, is operated by Short Line Bus. [5] Four routes operate from a central hub on Railroad Avenue, located in Downtown Middletown. [7] The system has existed since 1935.

All routes operate as loops, serving different parts of Middletown and the surrounding towns: [7]

Newburgh

The Newburgh system, officially known as the Newburgh-Beacon Bus Corporation, but commonly known as Newburgh Area Transit, operates four routes that converge on downtown Newburgh. [8] The system has existed since 1934. The company is owned by Leprechaun Lines, which in addition to the local services, operates two other services: the Beacon-Newburgh-Stewart Shuttle from Beacon, New York to Stewart International Airport via Newburgh, and a commuter bus from Poughkeepsie to White Plains. [9] [10] These bus routes are not affiliated with Transit Orange, and use Leprechaun Lines-branded buses. However, connections can be made to the Beacon-Newburgh-Stewart Shuttle from local Newburgh routes.

The Newburgh system operates four routes: [8]

Route NameTerminiviaNotes
Broadway Newburgh
Liberty St & Broadway
Gardnertown
Newburgh Towne Mall
Broadway, NY-300
Northside Balmville
N Plank Rd & Chestnut Ln
Liberty St/West St, N Plank Rd
Southside New Windsor
Cedar Av & Union Av
NY-32, Cedar Av, NY-94, Water St
CrosstownNewburgh
St Lukes Hospital
Cornwall
Cornwall Hospital
Quaker St, NY-32, NY-94
  • Operates via Liberty & Broadway

Kiryas Joel

The Kiryas Joel system, officially and commonly known as Kiryas Joel Area Transit, serves the heavily-Hasidic Jewish village of Kiryas Joel. The service is operated by the village itself, using mostly buses owned by Transit Orange, although the village does own some of its own buses. [11] This system gets the most ridership of any of the systems by far – 561,346 riders in 2022 – and comprises a majority of the total ridership of Transit Orange. [6] Kiryas Joel is also served by Monsey Trails and Monroe Bus Lines, which while also catering to the Hasidic community, are not affiliated with Kiryas Joel Area Transit or Transit Orange. In keeping with Shabbat, services do not run on Friday afternoons or Saturdays.

The Kiryas Joel system operates three routes: [11]

Route NameTerminiviaNotes
Local Kiryas Joel
Shopping Center
Kiryas Joel
Toltchav Wy & Dinev Pl
Village Loop
  • Operates in different directions each hour
Woodbury Commons Central Valley
Woodbury Commons
Village Loop, Spring St, Nininger Rd
WalmartKiryas Joel
Shopping Center
Toltchav Wy & Dinev Pl
Harriman
Harriman Commons Mall
Village Loop, Spring St, Larkin Wy
  • Operates in a loop from one Kiryas Joel terminus to Harriman Commons then back to the other Kiryas Joel terminus

Warwick

The Warwick system, which is municipally operated and part of the same agency as the Warwick Dial-a-Bus, operates a local bus route in the Village of Warwick and shuttle services to Monroe, Goshen, and Wallkill. [12] The Warwick system uses solely minibuses, and vehicles are shuffled between dial-a-ride and fixed-route services. [13]

In total, the town operates three fixed routes: [12] [14] [15]

Route NameTerminiviaNotes
Local Village Shuttle Warwick Village
Homestead Village
Warwick
ShopRite/Price Chopper
St Stephens Church
Village Loop
  • Only runs to St Stephens Church on Sundays
Wallkill/Goshen ShuttleWarwick Village Wallkill
Galleria Mall
NY-94, NY-17M, NY-17
  • Reservations required
  • Serves Goshen as well as Wallkill
  • Operates Wednesday through Saturday
Monroe Shuttle Monroe Unknown
  • Reservations required
  • Unknown routing
  • Operates on the first and third Friday of each month.

The Main Line

The Main Line service operates between Middletown and Woodbury Commons. On weekends, it is extended to the Harriman Metro-North station. It is operated by Short Line Bus. Unlike all other services, the buses on the Main Line are not owned by Transit Orange, but rather by Short Line Bus. [16]

Dial-a-Bus

Dial-a-Bus services are operated by the following towns: [17]

Fleet

The municipal local services mostly use a fleet of 29- and 35-foot Gillig Low Floor hybrid-electric buses, which were constructed in 2013. [18] In addition to these buses, Kiryas Joel operates three Vicinity buses that are owned by the village itself (as opposed to Transit Orange, like the rest of the fleet). [19] Also in addition to the 2013 Gilligs, Newburgh uses two 2022-built diesel-powered Gilligs, which are owned by Transit Orange. [20] As opposed to the other systems, Warwick uses exclusively minibuses on their local routes, and has a shared fleet with their dial-a-bus system. [13]

The Main Line bus uses Short Line-owned buses, usually Gillig Low Floors or Phantoms. These are separate from the Transit Orange-owned Gilligs.

Notes

  1. Includes local services excluding the Beacon-Newburgh Stewart shuttle (707,987), dial-a-bus (93,127), and The Main Line (11,252)
  2. Includes local services excluding the Beacon-Newburgh Stewart shuttle (707,987), dial-a-bus (93,127), and The Main Line (11,252)

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