Ulster County Area Transit

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Ulster County Area Transit
Ulster County Area Transit logo.png
UCAT Orion 35.jpg
UCAT #35 lays over in New Paltz.
Headquarters1 Danny Circle
Kingston, NY 12401 [1]
Locale Ulster County, New York
Service areaUlster County, New York
Service typeFixed-route, deviated fixed-route, commuter
Hubs3 (New Paltz, UCCC, and Kingston)
Fleet30 [1]
Daily ridership1224 (weekday)
219 (Saturday)
52 (Sunday) [1]
Fuel type Diesel
Diesel-electric hybrid (most newer buses)
Gasoline (cutaways)
Chief executiveToni Roser
Website Ulster County Area Transit

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.

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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

RouteTerminiiViaNotes
CL SUNY Ulster (Stone Ridge) New Paltz
Route 32 park-ride
Route 32 South
SUNY New Paltz Campus
ESUNY Ulster Ellenville
Liberty Square
U.S. Route 209
  • Some trips continued to/from Route E1 until Route E1 was discontinued on April 1, 2013.
K Kingston
Hannaford
Connection to Hudson Valley Mall MALL BusAlbany Avenue
Foxhall Avenue
Broadway
KPLKingston
Hannaford
Marlboro
St. Mary's Church
Albany Avenue
Broadway
Route 9W
MALLUlster mall circulatorRoute 9W
Private mall drives
  • 50¢ fare.
NPLNew Paltz LoopChestnut Street
Henry DuBois Drive (some trips)
SUNY New Paltz
RKingston
Hannaford
New Paltz
Trailways terminal
Old Kingston Road
  • Some trips continue to/from Route W.
SHudson Valley Mall Saugerties
Post Office
Route 9W
  • Some trips continued to/from Route F until Route F was discontinued on April 1, 2013.
UKingston
Hannaford
SUNY UlsterRoute 209
UPLNew Paltz
Trailways terminal
Highland
Bridgeview Plaza
Route 299
New Paltz Road
Route 9W
WNew Paltz
Route 32 park-ride
Plattekill
Post Office
Route 208
New Hurley Road
Route 32
  • AM trip operates via Wallkill, Plattekill, and Modena.
  • PM trip operates via Modena, Plattekill, and Wallkill.
  • Trips continue to/from Kingston via Route R.
XNew Paltz
Trailways terminal
Newburgh
Newburgh Mall
Route 32
Route 17K
ZKingston
Hannaford
Pine Hill
Main Street and Elm Street
Route 28
Route 375
LINK Rosendale
Route 32 park-ride
Poughkeepsie
Metro-North/Amtrak station
Route 32
Route 299

Weekend service

On Saturdays, the following services operate:

On Sundays, only the Ulster-Poughkeepsie LINK operates.

Former Routes

RouteTerminalsViaFare zonesNotes
E1Ellenville
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]
GKingston
Hannaford
Marlboro
St. Mary's Church
Albany Avenue
Broadway
Route 9W
HNew Paltz
Trailways terminal
Highland
Bridgeview Plaza
Route 299
New Paltz Road
Route 9W
  • Renamed Route UPL on April 1, 2013. [11] [12]
MUlster mall circulatorRoute 9W
Private mall drives
None
  • 50¢ fare.
  • Renamed Route MALL on April 1, 2013. [13] [14]
NSUNY UlsterRosendale
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]

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