First Transit operates several bus systems in the Southern Tier region of New York under contract. Many of these systems are medium-sized bus systems, operating within certain city, village, or county borders. With the exception of CTran Elmira (which runs daily), all systems operate Monday through Saturday
Services
CTran operates as a regional public transportation provider for the citizens and visitors of the City of
Elmira, New York and its surrounding area. Previously known as the Chemung County Transportation System (CCTS), Chemung County adopted the name change to CTran in 2012. Most of the CTran routes operate once hourly throughout the day on weekdays, with limited service on Saturdays and Sundays. Operation of the system is managed by contract with
First Transit
First Transit is an American transportation company.
Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, First Transit operates over 300 locations, carrying more than 350 million passengers annually throughout the United States in 39 states, Puerto Rico, Panam ...
, Inc., the same agency that also operates the Corning-Erwin Area Transit System (CEATS) and the Steuben County Transit System.
The majority of routes connect at a transfer center located on Railroad Avenue in Elmira.
CTran Website
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List of CTran Routes
* Southside Loop (evening and Sunday route)
* Wellsburg - Waverly
* Pine City
* Elmira - Corning Community College
* Spencer - Van Etten
Special regional routes
Limited service hours on these routes
* Schuyler County (Watkins Glen to Cornell University, Ithaca)
* Chemung County - Route 1 (Route 13 to Cornell University, Ithaca)
Corning-Erwin Area Transit System
* Northside
* Southside
* Cooper Plains / Gang Mills / Painted Post
* Corning Community College
* East Corning / Gibson
* Corning Museum of Glass Shuttle
Steuben County Transit System
* Village of Bath
* Hammondsport
* Bath - Corning
See also
Local municipalities
* Chemung County
* Elmira, New York
* Horseheads, New York
Horseheads is a town in Chemung County, New York, United States. The population was 19,412 at the 2020 census. The name of the town is derived from the number of bleached horses' skulls once found there.
Horseheads is north of the city of Elmira ...
* Corning, New York
Corning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,551 at the 2020 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company t ...
Neighboring transit agencies
* Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit
Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit, Inc., usually referred to as TCAT, is a private, non-profit public transportation operator, created by Cornell University, Tompkins County, and the City of Ithaca to serve Tompkins County, New York. The vast m ...
* Broome County Transit
References
External links
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Corning-Erwin Area Transit System
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Steuben County Transit System
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Hornell Area Transit
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Tompkins Consolidated Area Transit
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Broome County Transit
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Chemung County Transportation Guide
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Bus transportation in New York (state)
Transportation in Chemung County, New York