Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center

Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center
Front of Pittsfield station in March 2006
General information
Location	1 Columbus Avenue at North Street Pittsfield, Massachusetts United States
Coordinates	42°27′05″N 73°15′14″W / 42.4515°N 73.2540°W / 42.4515; -73.2540
Owned by	BRTA (building) City of Pittsfield (parking lot) CSX (track and platform)[1]
Line(s)	Berkshire Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	BRTA: 1, 2, 4, 5A, 5B, 11, 12, 14, 15, 921 Peter Pan Bus
Construction
Parking	Yes
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak: PIT
History
Opened	1841 (Western Railroad station) 1850 (Housatonic Railroad station)
Closed	May 1, 1971 – October 28, 1975
Rebuilt	1854 (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 2023	10,493 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 toward Boston South
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 toward North Adams Preceding station New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Following station Lenox toward Norwalk and South Norwalk Pittsfield Branch Terminus
Location

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. 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.