A new round house was built in 1912 to accommodate 42 engines, with a wheel shed and machine shop adjacent.

With over a thousand people at its peak, the railway became Belleville's largest local employer.

Just east of the main station building, a freight shed stored VIA's baggage carts; its basement was home to The Belleville Model Railroad Club[7] While three original stations from the 1850s Grand Trunk line remain in active use at Georgetown, Port Hope and Napanee, all are small single-storey "Type C" stations (typically five curved arches for windows and doors on the sides and two at each end).

[8] CN's historic Grand Trunk station was once one of two active passenger terminals in the city.

[9] On November 10, 2010, Via Rail unveiled a design for a modern $18 million station building which would be wheelchair accessible with space to accommodate expanded track lines.