Springfield Union Station – Coming Along

On Monday October 24th we took a tour of the soon-to-reopen Union Station building in Springfield to have a look at the progress to date.

The historic building, which has been vacant for many years, will start to return to service in January 2017 — as an intermodal rail and bus station.

As the images below show, a lot of progress has been made — but clearly, a lot of detail work still has to take place over the next few months before the historic station building can re-open to the public.

Thanks are due to Christopher Moskal, the Executive Director of the Springfield Redevelopment Authority, who led us on this tour.

spg-img_1560 — Looking East | the west side of the terminal building on a blustery October day

spg-img_1564 — Looking East |a few of the new intercity bus bays (on the right)

spg-img_1562 — Some of the bays that will be used by Pioneer Valley Transit Authority’s (PVTA) buses

spg-img_1521 — The north side of the new parking garage (on the right)
and some of the PVTA buses bays (on the left)

spg-img_1517 — A new covered walking path along the south side of the new parking garage (the path connects Main Street to the terminal building)

spg-img_1544 — A view of the main concourse inside the terminal building

spg-img_1530 — Looking south, from the second floor

spg-undated — The main concourse and the passageway under the tracks | ca. 1970s
By Ed Malley | *The Republican*

spg-img_1536 — Unfinished space on the second floor — waiting to be fitted out for new office tenants

spg-img_1527 — Additional unfinished space on the second floor

spg-img_1541 — Unfinished rentable space on the main floor

spg-img_1542 — On the main floor | the future home of three retail shops

spg-img_1548 — Looking south | into the large passageway that leads under the tracks and to Lyman Street

spg-img_1553 — Looking north | from the passageway, back towards the main concourse
(Note the large set of steel beams supporting the railroad tracks above)

spg-img_1554 — An unfinished stairway leading to Platform C

Please note:
Due to the limited amount of time that was available for this tour we were unable to spend any time reviewing the current platform situation at track level. We will review this topic in a future posting.

Trains In The Valley

Springfield Union Station – Coming Along

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