 The 1965-built station was converted to a yard office, used by Conrail and later CSX Transportation for their adjacent Pittsfield Yard.In the late 1980s, local officials began to consider constructing a new station to serve both Amtrak trains and the Berkshire Regional Transit Authority, which had taken over private bus services in the area in 1974.Between 1993 and 1999, BRTA administrator Diane Smith worked to advance plans for an intermodal transit center.