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.

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

Service area

UCAT provides service primarily in the corridors of the major state and U.S. highways traversing Ulster County, servicing primarily the Route 209, Route 28, Route 32, 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
Route Terminii Via Fare zones Notes
CL SUNY Ulster New Paltz
Route 32 park-ride		 Route 32 South
SUNY New Paltz Campus
  • Zone 1: Marbletown
  • Zone 2: Rosendale
  • Zone 3: New Paltz
E SUNY Ulster Ellenville
Liberty Square		 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
  • Zone 1: Kingston
  • Zone 2: Ulster
  • Zone 3: Woodstock and Hurley
  • Zone 4: Olive
  • Zone 5: Shandaken
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

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
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
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

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

References
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  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.
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