[3] In plans to build a new station, the Vermont Agency of Transportation (VTrans) assumed responsibility for constructing a 300-foot-long-by-12-foot-wide platform, 200-foot canopy, wheelchair lift, and lighting, while the town covered land acquisition, parking, access roads, landscaping, and amenities.

[6] In April 2018, the Town of Middlebury hired the engineering firm VHB to study potential sites for a new train platform.

[1] Middlebury eventually selected the cheapest and most popular option: a site across the tracks from the historic train station that required no additional property acquisition.

In February 2021, VTrans announced that Kubricky Construction Corporation of Waterbury had been hired to build the platform and canopy, and that work would begin in the summer once the downtown bridge project was complete.

The town also invested in new sidewalks, crosswalks, and curbing to better connect the station to Riverfront Park, Middlebury College, and downtown businesses.

The Vermont chapter of Operation Lifesaver worked to raise railroad safety awareness in Middlebury ahead of the station's opening.

[12] In conjunction with restoring passenger train service to Middlebury, the Main Street and Merchant's Row bridges over the rail line needed to be addressed.