The Ridgefield-Katonah Shuttle is a weekday rush-hour bus service operated by HARTransit between the Katonah Metro-North station and several park and ride lots in the South Salem and Ridgefield areas. There is no service on Saturday or Sunday. Buses are timed to connect at Katonah with Metro-North trains to and from Grand Central.
Download the full schedule to view detailed stop locations and departure times.
Fares
Bus and rail fares
Regular HARTransit fares and passes apply on the bus. The adult one-way bus fare is $1.75, payable in exact change to the bus operator. Seniors (65 or older), people with disabilities, and Medicare recipients pay 85 cents if they show appropriate ID.
For travel between Katonah and Grand Central, a one-way ticket costs $18.25 on peak trains and $13.50 on off-peak trains. A monthly rail-only ticket costs $359.00.
UniTicket
Shuttle passes are available as add-ons to weekly and monthly Metro-North tickets for $11.25 and $33 respectively. They cannot be bought separately from a rail ticket. A combined bus and rail ticket to Grand Central is $392 monthly or $139 weekly.
These combined UniTickets are only sold at ticket machines and ticket offices. They are not available on the TrainTime app.
Holiday service
The Ridgefield-Katonah Shuttle will not run on:
- New Year's Day
- Memorial Day
- Independence Day
- Labor Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- Day after Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Presidents Day, the shuttle will run on a special schedule, which will be posted on the HARTransit website. Metro-North trains will run on a Saturday schedule, with additional trains during the morning and evening rush hours.
Guaranteed Ride Home program
If you have a monthly Ridgefield-Katonah Shuttle UniTicket, you can get up to two free taxi rides per month from Katonah Station to your car or home when the shuttle is not scheduled to meet a train. This program is only available for riders starting their journey in Manhattan on select weekday trains. It is not available on weekends or when there is a delay or disruption in train or bus service.
To use Guaranteed Ride Home:
- Go to the ticket office at Grand Central or Harlem‑125 St and show your UniTicket to the agent. Your ticket must not be laminated or otherwise encased. The agent will stamp your ticket and give you a taxi voucher.
- Call Katonah Taxi at 914-232-5772.
- Take one of these trains to Katonah Station.
- Give your voucher to the taxi driver. It must be used the day you received it.
- The taxi will take you anywhere in Westchester or Fairfield counties within 15 miles of Katonah Station.
Get help
- Report an emergency: Call 911 or tell an MTA employee.
- Report a problem: Call 511 (say "Metro-North Railroad") or use our Customer Feedback form. Or, see more ways to contact us.
- For HARTransit, call 203-744-4070.