The Dutchess County Public Transit is the bus service provided by the Dutchess County Division of Public Transit in
Dutchess County, New York
Dutchess County is a county in the U.S. state of New York. As of the 2020 census, the population was 295,911. The county seat is the city of Poughkeepsie. The county was created in 1683, one of New York's first twelve counties, and later orga ...
. Dutchess County Public Transit provides a variety of bus services throughout Dutchess County ranging from fixed-route services, centered primarily along the
Route 9 corridor, rail shuttles to/from
Hudson Line stations, and demand response/deviated flex services.
LOOP (the previous name), and the Division of Public Transit, was created in the early-1970s as the assumption of a variety of private line runs that had served various parts of the county.
Routes
Dutchess County Public Transit provides service along 6 routes in a hub-and-spoke system from
Poughkeepsie. In the past, routes ran to the far northeastern reaches of the county (to
North East
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and
Pine Plains), but these routes have been removed from the service area because of lack of ridership.
Regular routes
*All routes operate Monday-Saturday unless otherwise noted. Routes A, B, F, and H are the only ones that operate Sunday.
*The one-way fare is $1.75. Transfers are only available to/from routes within the City of Poughkeepsie for 30 cents.
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Poughkeepsie note: Unless otherwise noted, outbound buses originate at the Poughkeepsie Transit Hub near the
Mid-Hudson Civic Center
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(Main & Market), then operate to the
Metro-North/Amtrak station, then to their respective destinations. Westbound buses stop at the Poughkeepsie Transit Hub, then operate to the Metro-North station where they terminate.''
RailLink shuttles
These routes operate weekday rush hours only, to and from their namesake Metro-North station.
See also
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City of Poughkeepsie Transit
City of Poughkeepsie Transit was the municipal bus system serving the City of Poughkeepsie, New York as well as parts of the Town of Poughkeepsie and Hyde Park. The system operated five different regular routes and a service which served stu ...
, the former provider of bus service in the
City of Poughkeepsie
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Putnam Transit (PT), the system serving
Putnam County connecting with Dutchess County Public Transit in Beacon on the weekends with a trolley service
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Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT), a similar system in
Ulster County connecting with Dutchess County Public Transit in Poughkeepsie
Fleet
Active roster
Retired roster
''This roster is incomplete.''
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References
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External links
Dutchess County Division of Mass Transit Homepage
Surface transportation in Greater New York
Bus transportation in New York (state)
Transportation in Dutchess County, New York