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Bus Services

Collegetown bus stop

Need a way to get from your residence hall to class? From your office to a meeting? From your home to work and back home again? Give transit a try!  

TCAT serves all of Tompkins County, including Cornell and the City of Ithaca. Call TCAT at 277-RIDE (Monday – Friday, 7:30 a.m.–5:00 p.m.) or visit their web site for route, fare, schedule, and personal trip planning information.  

Employees and students can access their bus riding privileges with their CU photo ID card on TCAT buses.

Bus stop at Sage Hall

Weekday transit service from surrounding areas to Ithaca and the Cornell campus is available from the following transit providers:  

  • Chemung County Transit serves Elmira, Horseheads, and Ithaca.  
  • Tioga County Public Transit serves Owego, Candor, Spencer, Van Etten, and Waverly.  
  • Cortland Public Transit serves the Cortland area, with service to Cornell, TC3, and Dryden. Express service to the Cornell campus is available Monday - Friday. Please note that this service is currently operating at capacity. Passengers requesting Cortland monthly passes may be put on a wait list until the service is expanded.
  • TCAT provides weekday, out-of-county service between Ithaca and  Newark Valley in Tioga County, and Watkins Glen in Schuyler County.

Riders can pay-as-they-go, purchase monthly passes (available at 116 Maple Avenue), or eligible employees can join Cornell's OmniRide program and payroll-deduct the discounted portion of the out-of-county pass.