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

Locations

CTran operates as a regional public transportation provider in 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.

Services

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, 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.

List of CTran Routes

RouteTerminalsNotesStreets traveled
1Elmira Transportation CenterLoopSouthtown LoopRuns in a clockwise loop in Southport Serves Southtown Plaza and Elmira High School Runs Monday-SaturdayMaple Avenue, NYS 427, Robert Street, South Main Street, West Miller Street
3LoopBulkhead LoopRuns in a clockwise loop Serves Park Terrace and Flannery Apartments on request only Serves Southtown Plaza Runs Monday-SaturdayPennsylvania Avenue, Broadway Street
4LoopHospital LoopRuns in a clockwise loop Formerly two routes: Arnot Ogden Medical Loop, and St. Joseph's Hospital Loop Runs Monday-SaturdayWest Clinton Street, Davis Street, Woodlawn Avenue, Sullivan Street, East Church Street
5West Elmira West Water Street & York StreetFormerly 5-Golden Glow; service renamed when service to Golden Glow neighborhood cut Service East of Railroad Avenue began (date) Runs Monday-SaturdayWest Church Street (WB), Church Street (EB)
6Horseheads Hanover SquareRuns in a counterclockwise loop in Horseheads Serves Bethany Village on request only Serves Grand Central Plaza Runs Monday-SaturdayMadison Avenue, Lake Road, South Main Street
7Arnot Mall ShuttleLoopLoopSpecial 50 cent fare (25 cent for seniors) Runs in a Counterclokwise Loop Runs DailyBig Flats Road
8Elmira Transportation CenterArnot Mall Door 4Some early morning and evening trips serve Consumer Square and Southern Tier Crossing Serves Grand Central Plaza Runs Monday-Saturday Additional service between Elmira and Arnot Mall is available on route 9 Evening service available on Route 9 from Arnot Mall and Grand Central PlazaGrand Central Avenue
9Some early morning and evening trips serve Consumer Square and Southern Tier Crossing Evening trips serves Grand Central PlazaCollege Avenue, Colonial Drive
10LoopOwego Tioga County HHSRuns Monday-Friday Special Commuter Fare ($3.00 between Elmira and Waverly or Sayre and Owego; $6.00 for any trip not ending in Sayre). Only Interstate route in system Operates via Sayre, PA Route terminated in Waverly; service extended when Ride Tioga bus service was discontinued Partially funded by Tioga County One trip terminates in Sayre, and runs express between Elmira and WaverlyMaple Avenue, NYS 427, Southern Tier Expressway, Cayuta Avenue, NYS 17C
  • 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

Neighboring transit agencies

External links

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