Short Line (bus company)
Bus services owned by Coach USA
Short Line is a brand name for three different Coach USA companies, Hudson Transit Lines, Hudson Transit Corporation, and Chenango Valley Bus Lines that provide local, commuter and intercity bus service in lower New York State, primarily along the Route 17 and Southern Tier corridor. Coach USA acquired the companies in 1998. After Coach USA filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy and placed its assets for sale in 2024, Short Line was sold to The Renco Group.
01Service types
Local bus service
Short Line, under contract to Orange County, provides local bus service along the former Erie Main Line corridor along Route 17M. ShortLine also owns local routes traveling along Routes 17K and 32 in Orange County, as well as local routes traveling onward from Middletown onward to Route 209, and to other towns along Route 17.
Commuter bus service
Within the New York metropolitan area, ShortLine operates commuter services along the Route 17 corridor, Interstate 84, Routes 208 and 32, and Rockland and Bergen (NJ Route 17) counties to New York City.
In addition, under contract to the New York State Department of Transportation and Rockland County Department of Public Transportation, ShortLine provides commuter bus service from Orange and Rockland Counties to White Plains and Tarrytown.
Intercity bus service
Within and beyond the New York metropolitan area, ShortLine provides scheduled service to and from Long Island to the Southern Tier (via Middletown and Monticello) and service to and from major colleges and universities in the region, such as Cornell University, SUNY Alfred, Binghamton University, Ithaca College, and SUNY Albany, and intermediate points. The central hub for all of these routes is Binghamton, via Routes X178 and 495.
02Safety incidents
On June 12, 2017, in New York City, a Hudson Transit Lines bus driver ran over and killed a Citi Bike rider. The bus driver was arrested due to this incident, on a misdemeanor charge.
Sources and credits
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- CUSA and Shortline logos.svg by Unknown author, Fair use
- TransitOrange Coach USA ShortLine Gillig Phantom 70492.jpg by AEMoreira042281, CC BY-SA 3.0
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