Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT) is the county-owned operator of

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transportation in

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, providing fixed-route, deviated-fixed route, and commuter transit.

Service area

UCAT provides service primarily in the corridors of the major state and U.S. highways traversing Ulster County, servicing primarily the

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, Route 28, Route 32, Route 9W and Route 299 corridors. Service is also provided out of the county to Poughkeepsie and Newburgh for connections with

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, and

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in Newburgh and

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. Within Ulster County, connections are available to

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inter-city and commuter services to both

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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

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

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.

References

External links

Ulster County Area Transit
{{NYC surface transit Transportation in Ulster County, New York Surface transportation in Greater New York