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CatTracks
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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
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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..
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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.
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NiteCat is a route that provides a safe and convenient way to experience what Merced’s nightlife has to offer. Beginning on campus, NiteCat picks up at Mammoth Lakes Road, Muir Pass, Kolligian Library, and Emigrant Pass @ Scholars Lane. CatTracks then moves to service the Village stop on “R” Street. The next stop is the UA Regency Theatre, next to Merced Mall located on Fairfield Drive. Next is the Applebee’s stop, located in the Merced Marketplace Shopping Center. NiteCat then proceeds to Main Place Stadium Cinema on the corner of K and Main Streets followed by the last two stops at Rite Aid/La Hacienda I and La Hacienda II in El Portal Plaza. Then it is back to Campus for final stops and to begin the loop again. To view a printer friendly pdf, please click here.
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