Short Line's service can be defined in several categories:
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. ==Route detail==