Dutchess LOOP

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 12603
Locale	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) (2009 figures)
Daily ridership	2,104 (weekday) 1,042 (Saturday)
Operator	First Transit
Chief executive	Kealy Salomon
Website	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.

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.

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.

These routes operate weekday rush hours only, to and from their namesake Metro-North station.