Springfield, Massachusetts (Amtrak station)

Springfield Union Station
Springfield Union Station in July 2016 during renovations
Location	55 Frank B. Murray Street Springfield, Massachusetts
Coordinates	42°06′22″N 72°35′35″W / 42.106047°N 72.592936°W / 42.106047; -72.592936Coordinates: 42°06′22″N 72°35′35″W / 42.106047°N 72.592936°W / 42.106047; -72.592936
Owned by	Springfield Redevelopment Authority (Union Station building, bus terminal, parking garage) Amtrak (current station and platforms)
Line(s)	New Haven–Springfield Line Connecticut River Line Berkshire Subdivision Boston Subdivision
Platforms	2 side platforms, 2 island platforms
Tracks	6
Construction
Disabled access	Yes
Other information
Station code	Amtrak code: SPG
History
Opened	1839 (original station) 1851 (first Union Station) 1891 (second Union Station) 1926 (third Union Station) 1973 (first Amtrak station) November 1994 (second Amtrak station)
Rebuilt	2017 (third Union Station)
Traffic
Passengers (FY2016)	93,650  24.83% (Amtrak)
Services
Preceding station   Amtrak   Following station Pittsfield toward Chicago Lake Shore Limited Worcester toward Boston South Station Windsor Locks toward Norfolk, Newport News, or Lynchburg Northeast Regional New Haven – Springfield Line Terminus Windsor Locks toward New Haven New Haven – Springfield Shuttle Windsor Locks toward Washington, DC Vermonter Holyoke toward St. Albans   Starting in early 2018   ConnDOT Windsor Locks toward New Haven Union Station Hartford Line Terminus   Former services   Amtrak Hartford toward Washington, DC Montrealer 1972-1987 Northampton toward Montreal New York Central Railroad Westfield, Massachusetts toward Albany Boston and Albany Railroad Main Line North Wilbraham toward Boston

Springfield Union Station is a train and bus station in the Metro Center area of Springfield, Massachusetts. Constructed in 1926, Springfield Union Station is the fifth busiest Amtrak station in the Commonwealth. For over forty years until its reopening, Amtrak passengers utilized a smaller station beneath and along the tracks upon a viaduct situated along Lyman Street to the south.

A large-scale $94 million renovation project restored the former station building, and it reopened in late June 2017 as a regional intermodal transit hub not only featuring Amtrak service, but serving as the new hub for the Pioneer Valley Transit Authority bus system in the area, along with the planned hub for Peter Pan Bus Lines, Greyhound service and the planned new Hartford Line.

Springfield's grand Union Station was constructed in 1926 by the Boston & Albany Railroad to replace a smaller Union Station, which had been adorned in unique Egyptian-style architecture. The station was built for $5.87 million. The station opened to the public on December 18, 1926.

Springfield is exactly equidistant to both Boston and Albany at 89 miles (143 km) from each. The New York, New Haven & Hartford (including the Central New England Railway) and Boston & Maine railroads also utilized the station.

Already in the 1950s, the New York Central Railroad, parent company of the Boston & Albany, wanted to sell the grand Springfield station, calling it "a white elephant". The opening of the Massachusetts Turnpike in 1958 was said to have caused a 50% decline in passenger trips to Boston. By 1962, train departures had fallen from a 1920s-30s peak of 97 per day to fewer than 15 per day. The station was sold in 1970 to David Buntzman, a real estate speculator from Larchmont, New York.