# 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.

## 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 | 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 | Ulster mall circulator | Route 9W Private mall drives | 50¢ fare. |
| NPL | New Paltz Loop | 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 | 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 | 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 | New Paltz BOCES | Chestnut Street Henry DuBois Drive (some trips) SUNY New Paltz | None | Renamed Route NPL on April 1, 2013. |