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Dutchess County LOOP
#420 arrives in Beacon on former LOOP 3, now route B.Parent Dutchess County Division of Mass Transit Headquarters 14 Commerce Drive
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603Locale Dutchess County Service area Southern, mostly western part of the county Service type Local and rural bus service Routes 9 Fleet 27 (fixed route)
20 (paratransit)[1]
(2009 figures)Daily ridership 2,104 (weekday)
1,042 (Saturday)[1]Operator First Transit Chief executive Kealy Salomon Web site Dutchess County Division of Mass Transit The Dutchess County LOOP Bus System is the bus service provided by the Dutchess County Department of Mass Transit in Dutchess County, New York. LOOP provides a variety of bus services throughout Dutchess County ranging from fixed-route services, centered primarily along the Route 9 corridor, commuter shuttles to/from Hudson Line stations, and demand response.
LOOP, and the Department of Mass 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.
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Routes
Dutchess County LOOP 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 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.
- The one-way fare is $1.75. Transfers are only available to/from City of Poughkeepsie Transit buses for 30 cents.
Poughkeepsie note: Unless otherwise noted, outbound buses originate at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center (Main & Market), then operate to the Metro-North/Amtrak station, then to their respective destinations. Westbound buses stop at the Mid-Hudson Civic Center, then operate to the Metro-North station where they terminate.
Route Terminals Major streets traveled Notes A Poughkeepsie Dutchess Mall Route 9 - One midday roundtrip operates express service as follows:
- Southbound, nonstop Poughkeepsie-Dutchess Mall
- Northbound, nonstop South Hills Mall-Poughkeepsie.
- One evening roundtrip is extended to the Beacon Post Office.
B Poughkeepsie Beacon
Post OfficeRoute 9
Route 9D- Service operates via both South Hills Mall and Dutchess Mall.
- 2 midday roundtrips terminate/originate at South Hills Mall.
C Poughkeepsie Tivoli
Post OfficeRoute 9
Route 109
Route 9G- Most trips operate via Fulton St/Dutchess Community College/Dorsey Ln.
- Some trips terminate at the Culinary Institute of America.
D Poughkeepsie Millbrook
Eastern Dutchess Government CenterRoute 44
Route 343- 3 roundtrips a day run to Dover Elementary School.
Dover
Dover Elementary SchoolE Poughkeepsie Pawling
Chamber of CommerceCannon St (WB only)
Route 55- All 6 eastbound trips operate to Pawling, but there are only 3 westbound trips from Pawling.
- Additional westbound trips run from Route 55 and Commerce St to Poughkeepsie.
- Local service in Pawling is available by reservation.
F Poughkeepsie
Mid-Hudson Civic CenterHopewell Junction
A&PRoute 52 - Weekday service patterns:
- Beacon Post Office ↔ A&P via WalMart (most service)
- Beacon ↔ WalMart
- Poughkeepsie ↔ A&P, express between Poughkeepsie and WalMart, 2 eastbound and 1 westbound trip only.
- Walmart → Poughkeepsie, nonstop. 1 westbound trip only.
- Saturday service is 3 roundtrips between Fishkill and Beacon.
- All trips that serve Pougkeepsie only serve the Mid-Hudson Civic Center and not the train station.
Beacon
Post OfficeFishkill
WalMartRailLink shuttles
These routes operate weekday rush hours only, to and from their namesake Metro-North station.
Route name Terminal Streets traveled Poughkeepsie RailLink Poughkeepsie Town
Route 55 Park-and-Ride Lot at Page Industrial ParkEast-West Arterial
Freedom Plains RoadBeacon RailLink Dutchess County Stadium Route 9D New Hamburg RailLink Wappinger
Old Hopewell Road and Route 9Route 9D
Myers Corner Road
All Angels Hill Road
Old Hopewell RoadSee also
- City of Poughkeepsie Transit, the primary provider of bus service in the City of Poughkeepsie
- Putnam Transit (PT), the system serving Putnam County
- Ulster County Area Transit (UCAT), a similar system in Ulster County connecting with LOOP in Poughkeepsie
References
External links
Categories:- Surface transportation in Greater New York
- Bus transportation in New York
- Transportation in Dutchess County, New York
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