Chemung County Transit System
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The Chemung County Transit System (CCTS) operates as a regional public transportation provider for the citizens and visitors of the City of Elmira, New York
and its surrounding area.
A shuttle service is also included between Elmira and Cornell University (Ithaca) for employees and students.
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.
Elmira, New York
Elmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 29,200 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Chemung County.The City of Elmira is located in...
and its surrounding area.
A shuttle service is also included between Elmira and Cornell University (Ithaca) for employees and students.
Operation of the system is managed by contract with First Transit
First Transit
First Transit, a division of FirstGroup America, is a United States-based subsidiary of the United Kingdom-based FirstGroup. It provides contract public transit and paratransit services, transit management services and transit consulting throughout North America...
, Inc., the same agency that also operates the Corning-Erwin Area Transit System (CEATS) and the Steuben County Transit System.
Services
Most of the CCTS routes operate once hourly throughout the day on weekdays, with limited service on Saturdays and Sundays.The majority of routes connect at a transfer center located on Railroad Avenue in Elmira.
Regular routes
- Arnot Ogden Medical Loop
- Southtown
- St. Joseph's Hospital Loop
- Bulkhead
- Golden Glow
- Lake Road
- Grand Central Plaza
- Arnott Mall Express (College Ave.)
- Shopper Shuttle
- 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- Schyuler 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
Local municipalities
- Chemung County
- Elmira, New YorkElmira, New YorkElmira is a city in Chemung County, New York, USA. It is the principal city of the 'Elmira, New York Metropolitan Statistical Area' which encompasses Chemung County, New York. The population was 29,200 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Chemung County.The City of Elmira is located in...
- Horseheads, New YorkHorseheads (village), New YorkHorseheads is a village in Chemung County, New York, USA. The population was 6,461 at the 2010 census. The name is derived from the number of bleached skulls of pack horses left behind by the Sullivan Expedition....
- Corning, New YorkCorning (city), New YorkCorning is a city in Steuben County, New York, United States, on the Chemung River. The population was 10,842 at the 2000 census. It is named for Erastus Corning, an Albany financier and railroad executive who was an investor in the company that developed the community.- Overview :The city of...
Neighboring transit agencies
- Tompkins Consolidated Area TransitTompkins Consolidated Area TransitTompkins 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 and the Towns of Richford, Berkshire & Newark Valley in Tioga County...
- Broome County TransitBroome County TransitBroome County Transit, popularly branded as B.C. Transit, is the public transportation system serving Broome County, New York, which includes the city of Binghamton and surrounding communities....