Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center

Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center
Front of Pittsfield station in March 2006
General information
Location1 Columbus Avenue at North Street
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
United States
Coordinates42°27′05″N 73°15′14″W / 42.4515°N 73.2540°W / 42.4515; -73.2540
Owned byBRTA (building)
City of Pittsfield (parking lot)
CSX (track and platform)[1]
Line(s)Berkshire Subdivision
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks2
ConnectionsBus transport BRTA: 1, 2, 4, 5A, 5B, 11, 12, 14, 15, 921
Bus transport Peter Pan Bus
Construction
ParkingYes
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeAmtrak: PIT
History
Opened1841 (Western Railroad station)
1850 (Housatonic Railroad station)
ClosedMay 1, 1971 – October 28, 1975
Rebuilt1854 (replacement Western Railroad station)
1866 (first Union Station)
August 23, 1914 (second Union Station)
1965 (NYC station)
April 26, 1981 (Amtrak station)
November 22, 2004 (current)
Passengers
FY 202312,649 annually[2] (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station Amtrak Following station
Albany–Rensselaer
toward New York
Berkshire Flyer Terminus
Albany–Rensselaer
toward Chicago
Lake Shore Limited Springfield
Former services
Preceding station New York Central Railroad Following station
Chatham
toward Albany
Boston and Albany Railroad
Main Line
Springfield, MA
toward Boston
Richmond Summit
toward Albany
Dalton
toward Boston
Terminus North Adams Branch Coltsville
Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station
Lenox Pittsfield Branch Terminus
Location
Map

The Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center (often referred to as the ITC or the Scelsi ITC) is a transit facility located in downtown Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States. The $11 million facility is named after Joseph Scelsi, a longtime State Representative who represented Pittsfield.[1] Owned by the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority (BRTA), it is serviced by local BRTA bus services, Amtrak intercity rail service, and Peter Pan intercity bus service.[3] The second floor of the building houses two classrooms used by Berkshire Community College and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.[3]

Railroad stations have been located in downtown Pittsfield since the Western Railroad opened in 1841. The original station burned in 1854; after its replacement proved inadequate, a union station was constructed in 1866 to serve the Western plus the Housatonic Railroad and the Pittsfield and North Adams Railroad. A second, larger union station replaced it in 1914. The New Haven Railroad and New York Central Railroad moved to smaller depots in 1960 and 1965, and Union Station was demolished in 1968. Rail service to Pittsfield ended in 1971 but returned in 1975 and moved to a new shelter downtown in 1981. The facility ITC opened in 2004 to combine local and intercity bus and intercity rail operations into one location.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference GAS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Amtrak Fact Sheet, Fiscal Year 2023: Commonwealth of Massachusetts" (PDF). Amtrak. March 2024. Retrieved June 27, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "JOSEPH SCELSI INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION CENTER". Berkshire Regional Transit Authority. Retrieved 6 February 2016.