Cat Tracks

CatTracks is a free bus transportation service for all UC Merced students, faculty and staff. Simply have your valid/legible CatCard ready to present to the CatTracks driver to board the bus. Please see Bus Ridership Policies for more information regarding bus policies. The current available CatTracks routes are listed below. For common destinations and the connections to take you there, see "Getting There!" in the table below. Getting There! Raley's Shopping Center/Wells Fargo Bank Fastcat: Starbucks Millennium stop C1- Blue or Gold Line: Mercy Hospital stop,El Portal Plaza stop (walking distance) Target /Merced Mall C2-Lynx or Express Line: Target stop C1-Line Blue or Gold: Savemart stop (walking distance) E-Line: Merced Mall/Target stop Mercy Medical Hospital Fastcat: Mercy Hospital stop C1-Blue and Gold Line: Mercy Hospital stop Downtown C2-Lynx or Express Line and "The Bus" Connection: Merced College stop AB Line § Route — A loop between UC Merced's Castle Air Park and campus locations. § Hours — Monday through Friday from 7:13 a.m. until 8:15 p.m. C1 Blue Line § Route — Between Granville Luxury Apartments and UC Merced's Kolligian Library. § Hours — Monday through Friday from 6:45 a.m. until 9:25 p.m. C1 Gold Line § Route — Between Granville Luxury Apartments and UC Merced's Kolligian Library. § Hours — Monday through Friday from 7:25 a.m. until 11:37 p.m. C2 Express Line § Route — Between Village Apartments and UC Merced's Kolligian Library. § Hours — Monday through Friday from 6:45 a.m. until 7:01 p.m. C2 Lynx Line § Route — Between Village Apartments and UC Merced's Kolligian Library. § Hours — Monday through Friday from 7:00 a.m. until 7:41 p.m. E Line Monday through Friday § Route — A loop between UC Merced and downtown Merced. § Hours — Monday through Friday from 7:27 p.m. until 1:34 a.m. E1 Line Saturday & Sunday § Route — A loop between UC Merced and downtown Merced. § Hours — Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. until 11:04 p.m. NiteCat Friday & Saturday § Route — A late night loop between UC Merced and downtown Merced. § Hours — Friday and Saturday from 10:00 p.m. until 2:35 a.m..

Route A begins at Kolligian Library stopping at Emigrant Pass@ Scholars Lane en route to UC Merced’s remote classroom at Castle Air Park. To view a printer friendly pdf, please click here.

Route B starts at Castle Air Park traveling east towards UC Merced, stopping at Merced College, completing its journey to campus with stops at Mammoth Lakes Road, Muir Pass, and Kolligian Library. To view a printer friendly pdf, please click here.

Route C1, also known as the “Blue” and “Gold” Granville/Swiss Colony route, begins at Granville Apartments on Willowbrook Drive off Highway 59. The next stop is at Wal-Mart across from Pier One on Loughborough and continuing to Save Mart shopping center at the bus stop across from Anna’s Linens on Austin. The route continues to College Green Drive stopping at Swiss Colony Apartments across from Carl’s Jr’s, followed by the “G” Street bus stop by the gas station at the Alexander intersection. The next stop along the “G” Street corridor is at the bus stop at the Rite Aid Plaza. Continuing to El Portal Plaza with a stop on “G” Street at the corner of El Portal, our next stop then takes us to Mercy Hospital before heading to campus. Stops on campus include Mammoth Lakes Road, Muir Pass, Kolligian Library and Emigrant Pass @ Scholars Lane. The route leaves campus and reverses back toward Granville with the first stop across the street from Mercy Hospital on “G” Street just south of Mercy Avenue. Next stop is El Portal Plaza on “G” Street in front of the plaza sign, followed by the Merced Sun Star stop in front of their sign on “G” Street. The Swiss Colony stop outbound from campus is on Park Avenue in front of Merced Floral, south of College Green Avenue. The route then continues to the Savemart bus stop on Austin next to Anna’s Linens and Wal-mart bus stop on Loughborough next to Pier One. The final stop is at Granville Apartments where the route began on Willowbrook Drive. To view a printer friendly pdf, please click here.

Route C2, also known as the “Express” and “Lynx” Villages/Library route, begins at the Village Apartments on “R” Street. The route then proceeds to El Redondo, stopping at the pullout across from Jenner right before the Aurora intersection. C2 continues to the Target bus terminal on Loughborough, then the Village Apartments and Merced College bus terminal on M St, which provides the opportunity to transfer to Merced County’s public transit system (The Bus) and YARTS, the route then proceeds to Bellevue Ranch on Bancroft at Jacobs before stopping at Mammoth Lakes Road, Muir Pass, and Kolligian Library on campus. The next stop is Emigrant Pass @ Scholars Lane, before returning to the Village apartments start on “R” Street. To view a printer friendly .pdf, please click here.

Route E, our downtown loop, begins on campus with stops at Mammoth Lakes Road, Muir Pass, Kolligian Library and Emigrant Pass @ Scholars Lane. The route stops at Moraga housing development, before stopping at the Starbucks/Promenade center, also gives access to the Millennium Sports Club, the Raleys shopping center, and Mercy Hospital only a few blocks away. The next stop is at Merced College bus terminal, which provides the opportunity to transfer to Merced County’s public transit system (The Bus) and YARTS, then on to the Bellevue Ranch housing area on Bancroft at Jacobs. After making the stop at Bellevue Ranch, CatTracks proceeds to “R” Street to service Village Landing and Village Terrace apartments. CatTracks’ next stop is on El Redondo across from Jenner before the Aurora intersection. The Merced Mall Target location on Loughborough Drive is the next stop, followed by the Villages apartments on M Street at “The Bus” stop location just before the bike path. The next stop is the UA Regency Theatre stop on Fairfield Drive just shy of M Street. Next is the Amtrak station on 23rd Street. The following stop is positioned in the middle of downtown Merced, on the corner of K and Main Streets at Main Place Stadium Cinema. The E-Line then services Granville apartments on Willowbrook, followed by the Barnes and Noble stop on Austin Avenue. Returning to campus via G Street and Yosemite Avenue, CatTracks makes final stops at the Rite Aid/Savemart and Millennium Sports Club, giving access once again to Starbucks and the Promenade only a few blocks away. CatTracks then stops at the Moraga housing development before CatTracks proceeds back to Campus. This line runs on weekday evenings and on the weekends. To view a printer friendly .pdf, please click here.