Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center

Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center
Front of Pittsfield station in March 2006
Location	1 Columbus Avenue at North Street Pittsfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°27′05″N 73°15′14″W / 42.4515°N 73.2540°W / 42.4515; -73.2540Coordinates: 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)
Line(s)	CSXT Berkshire Subdivision
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	2
Connections	BRTA: 1, 2, 4, 5, 7 Express, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 21 Express Peter Pan Bus
Construction
Parking	Yes
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	PIT (Amtrak)
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 (Scelsi ITC)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	7,827  4.81% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Albany–Rensselaer toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Springfield, MA toward Boston South Station   Former services   New York Central Railroad Windsor, ON toward Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Main Line Dalton toward Boston Terminus North Adams Branch Coltsville toward North Adams

The Joseph Scelsi Intermodal Transportation Center (also called 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. 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.

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 Scelsi ITC opened in 2004 to combine local and intercity bus and intercity rail operations into one location.

The second floor of the building houses two classrooms used by Berkshire Community College and Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.

The Scelsi ITC serves as a hub and a transfer point for most of the BRTA's routes, though travel to Williamstown sometimes requires a transfer in North Adams, Massachusetts and travel to and Great Barrington sometimes requires a transfer in Lee. Twelve BRTA routes run from the ITC: