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.
Headquarters	1 Danny Circle Kingston, NY 12401
Locale	Ulster County, New York
Service area	Ulster County, New York
Service type	Fixed-route, deviated fixed-route, commuter
Hubs	3 (New Paltz, UCCC, and Kingston)
Fleet	30
Daily ridership	1224 (weekday) 219 (Saturday) 52 (Sunday)
Fuel type	Diesel Diesel-electric hybrid (most newer buses) Gasoline (cutaways)
Chief executive	Toni Roser
Website	Ulster 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 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 and Newburgh for connections with Metro-North Railroad at Poughkeepsie, and Short Line Bus in Newburgh and Ellenville. Within Ulster County, connections are available to Trailways of New York inter-city and commuter services to both New York City and Albany.

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	Termini		Via	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
KPL	Kingston Hannaford	Marlboro St. Mary's Church	Albany Avenue Broadway Route 9W	AM trip services Broadway going to Marlboro. PM trip services Broadway returning to Kingston. Connections to the Poughkeepsie Metro North Train Station
MALL	Ulster mall circulator		Route 9W Private mall drives	50¢ fare.
NPL	New Paltz Loop		Chestnut Street Henry DuBois Drive (some trips) SUNY New Paltz
R	Kingston Hannaford	New Paltz Trailways terminal	Old Kingston Road	Some trips continue to/from Route W.
S	Hudson Valley Mall	Saugerties Post Office	Route 9W	Some trips continued to/from Route F until Route F was discontinued on April 1, 2013.
U	Kingston Hannaford	SUNY Ulster	Route 209
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
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	Off-peak service runs via SUNY New Paltz. Supported by Metro-North Railroad.

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.
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.
G	Kingston Hannaford	Marlboro St. Mary's Church	Albany Avenue Broadway Route 9W	Zone 1: Kingston Zone 2: Ulster Zone 3: Esopus Zone 4: Lloyd Zone 5: Marlboro	AM trip services Broadway going to Marlboro. PM trip services Broadway returning to Kingston. Connections to the Poughkeepsie Metro North Train Station Renamed Route KPL on October 1, 2015.
H	New Paltz Trailways terminal	Highland Bridgeview Plaza	Route 299 New Paltz Road Route 9W	Zone 1: New Paltz (village and town) Zone 2: Lloyd	Renamed Route UPL on April 1, 2013.
M	Ulster mall circulator		Route 9W Private mall drives	None	50¢ fare. Renamed Route MALL on April 1, 2013.
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.
New Paltz loop	New Paltz BOCES		Chestnut Street Henry DuBois Drive (some trips) SUNY New Paltz	None	Renamed Route NPL on April 1, 2013.

See also

• Trailways of New York, the major private carrier in Ulster County along Routes 28 and 32

External links

• Ulster County Area Transit