VIA Rail announces revised Brockville station design - new design reflects community input -

Brockville, Ontario, March 25, 2011 – VIA Rail Canada today released the revised design for its new Brockville passenger rail station. The revised design incorporates several suggestions made by Brockville citizens and local representatives following VIA’s original announcement in November 2010.

Over the past months, VIA has consulted with Brockville residents and local representatives and went back to the drawing board to develop a revised design more reflective of a traditional railway station and more attuned to the historic character of the city.  “The communities we serve matter to us,” explained Yves Desjardins-Siciliano, VIA’s General Counsel and Secretary.  “The input we received from the people of Brockville, its community leaders and some of our 65,000 passengers who use the station annually, has allowed us to enhance the station’s design, and move forward with this important capital investment in this historic city.”

“VIA Rail was responsive to concerns that the initial design was not in keeping with the ‘local flavour,’ and those concerns were taken into account,” declared Leeds-Grenville MP Gord Brown. “I believe the people of Brockville will be very pleased,” he added.

Station Design Highlights 
The revised design contains elements consistent with other public buildings in eastern Ontario, while also incorporating more modern elements such as large track-facing windows to allow for optimal natural light and a broad view of the platform and arriving and departing trains.

VIA will now move forward with the development of formal plans and design specifications, with a view to proceeding with construction in 2012.  VIA will publicize more precise dates as soon as they are known.

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