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Ulster County Area Transit
UCAT #35 lays over in New Paltz.
Headquarters1 Danny Circle
Kingston, NY 12401[1]
LocaleUlster 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 typeDiesel
Diesel-electric hybrid (most newer buses)
Gasoline (cutaways)
Chief executiveToni Roser
WebsiteUlster 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.

Service area[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Route Terminii Via Fare zones Notes
CL SUNY Ulster (Stone Ridge) New Paltz
Route 32 park-ride 		Route 32 South
SUNY New Paltz Campus
E SUNY 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 Bus Albany Avenue
Foxhall Avenue
Broadway
  • Zone 1: Kingston
  • Zone 2: Ulster
KPL Kingston
Hannaford 		Marlboro
St. Mary's Church 		Albany Avenue
Broadway
Route 9W
MALL Ulster mall circulator Route 9W
Private mall drives 		None
  • 50¢ fare.
NPL New Paltz Loop Chestnut Street
Henry DuBois Drive (some trips)
SUNY New Paltz 		None
R Kingston
Hannaford 		New Paltz
Trailways terminal 		Old Kingston Road
  • Zone 1: Kingston
  • Zone 2: Ulster
  • Zone 3: Rosendale
  • Zone 4: New Paltz
  • Some trips continue to/from Route W.
S Hudson Valley Mall Saugerties
Post Office 		Route 9W
  • Zone 1: Ulster
  • Zone 2: Saugerties
  • Some trips continued to/from Route F until Route F was discontinued on April 1, 2013.
U Kingston
Hannaford 		SUNY Ulster Route 209
  • Zone 1: Kingston/Ulster
  • Zone 2: Hurley
  • Zone 3: Marbletown
UPL New Paltz
Trailways terminal 		Highland
Bridgeview Plaza 		Route 299
New Paltz Road
Route 9W
W New 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.
X New Paltz
Trailways terminal 		Newburgh
Newburgh Mall 		Route 32
Route 17K
  • Zone 1: New Paltz
    (village and town)
  • Zone 2: Plattekill
  • Zone 3: Newburgh
Z Kingston
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 		From Poughkeepsie:
  • Zone 2: Highland
  • Zone 4: New Paltz
  • Zone 5: Rosendale

Weekend service[edit]

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.

Former Routes[edit]

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
Broadway
Route 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]

Fleet[edit]

All buses are assigned to UCAT local service except where otherwise noted. These assignments are not always followed. Paratransit buses occasionally used in revenue service as well. Accurate as of 11/2020.[18]

Fleet Number(s) Photo Year Manufacturer Model Engine Notes
55-59 2010 OBI Orion VII NG HEV
(07.502) 		Cummins ISB
60-61 2012 Gillig Low Floor 29' Cummins ISL9
62-63, 67 2014 International/
ElDorado National 		DuraStar/
Passport-HD 		63, 67 assigned to Poughkeepsie LINK (KPL, UPL) service
69-71 2015 All assigned to Poughkeepsie LINKservice
73-76 2017
78-79 2018 Gillig Low Floor 29' Cummins L9 Replaced older OBI and Thomas Buses
80-82 Chevrolet/ARBOC 4500
83 2019 Gillig Low Floor 29' Cummins L9 Replaced older OBI and Thomas Buses
84-85 Chevrolet/ARBOC 4500
86-87 Ford E-450
88-90 2020 Gillig Low Floor 35' Cummins L9 Replaced older OBI and Thomas Buses
9072-9073 2007 Cummins ISM
  • Ex-Kingston Citibus, acquired on July 1, 2019
  • Assigned to Kingston Citibus service
9111-9112 2011 Cummins ISL9
9161-9162 2016 Ford E-450
64-66, 68, 72 2013-2015 Chevrolet/ARBOC 4500 GMC DuraMax 6.6L Paratransit buses, rarely run in regular service
77 2017 Ford E-350

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c "Ulster County Area Transit information from the National Transit Database" (PDF). Retrieved February 21, 2010.
  2. ^ Rife, Judy (September 20, 2008). "New shuttles will help railroad meet demand". Times Herald-Record. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  3. ^ "UCAT Bus Schedules". Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  4. ^ Hickey, Andrew (August 14, 2008). "Ride It Out: County bus patronage on the rise". Woodstock Times. Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  5. ^ "Proposed Schedule Changes". Retrieved October 30, 2008.
  6. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
  7. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
  8. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
  9. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
  10. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT) | Ulster County". Archived from the original on September 18, 2015.
  11. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
  12. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
  13. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
  14. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
  15. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
  16. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on March 6, 2013.
  17. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit". Archived from the original on August 13, 2011.
  18. ^ "Ulster County Area Transit - CPTDB Wiki". cptdb.ca. Retrieved April 9, 2021.

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