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Government announces $2 million investment in Kingston VIA Rail station BY MANDY MARCINIAK mandymarciniak@metroland.com
News – VIA Rail service in Kingston is improving and so is the station that serves passengers; on Oct. 28, the Government of Canada announced a $2 million investment for the local train terminal. “The Government of Canada recognizes the importance for Canadian travellers to access a national rail transportation service that is safe, secure, efficient, reliable, and environmentally sustainable, and that meets their needs,” said MP for Kingston and the Islands, Mark Gerretsen, during the announcement at the station. “Investing in these infrastructure improvements creates valuable, well-paying jobs that help strengthen the middle class while ensuring safe and reliable travel services to Canadians.” Funds will help improve a number of features at the station including the station’s interior, tunnel and shelter on the south side of the track. The funding will also be used for parking upgrades in the form of resurfacing and layout, a flat roof replacement as well as a replacement to the assisted lift system, escalator replacement, which is already underway, and replacement of the Heating, Ventilation Anne Richards (left) and Marion Abell are two of the founding grandmothers of the and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) system. The projects are being partially funded Kingston Grandmother Connection, which benefits both the Stephen Lewis Foundation’s through a $34.4 million investment that was Grandmothers to Grandmothers Campaign and allocated to several improvement projects as Help Lesotho. Tori Stafford/Metroland Continued on page 7
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part of the federal infrastructure initiative announced in Budget 2016, Gerretsen explained. President and CEO of Via Rail, Yves Desjardins-Siciliano was also on hand for the announcement and expressed his excitement about the improvements in Kingston. “These commitments are in line with the efforts we have displayed over the last few years to enhance ridership here in Kingston,” he said. “Today, Kingston is the most serviced station in our network being such a central place between Montreal, Ottawa and Toronto and enhancing the station here and the services is very important to VIA Rail.” In addition to the upgrades to the station, Desjardins-Siciliano announced improvements to the routes that service Kingston. “Although ridership is growing between Montreal and Kingston as well as Kingston and Toronto, ridership between Kingston and Ottawa is actually declining,” he explained. “We plan to address that with new frequencies, and starting Nov. 1, service will increase by one frequency each way between Ottawa and Kingston as well as Kingston and Toronto… just in time for the hockey season.” This announcement was good news for Gerretsen who expressed that he, like many others would like to use the VIA Rail system more often than he does, but can’t because of timing. Continued on page 4
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