EUROA residents appear to have a mostly positive view of Inland Rail’s latest Euroa Railway Station precinct design, but the new station’s lack of toilets is a sore point for some residents.

“In this day and age, it's crazy not having toilets, particularly in a town that's growing in tourism,” Euroa’s Nola Dudley said.

“I realise that it does mean having staff to clean them and man them, but I think that's an expense that this community shouldn't have to bear, and that [V/Line] or somebody… should do something about it.”

V/Line confirmed to this masthead there is no plan to include toilets at the upgraded station or in the station precinct.

V/Line said for the safety of passengers, it has been standard practice since the 1990s that public toilets are not ordinarily located at unstaffed stations.

The upgraded station will be unstaffed, like the current Euroa Railway Station, which also does not have accessible toilets.

V/Line said all VLocity trains on the Albury Line have fully accessible toilets available to passengers.

Euroa Chamber of Commerce president Steph Swift said the chamber’s response to the updated design had been “very positive” as the chamber continues to discuss the development with Inland Rail.

Community group EuroaConnect has called the design unimaginative.

“We're not saying it's bad, we're just saying it's not imaginative,” member Shirley Saywell said.

The Euroa Gazette asked Euroa Community Noticeboard Facebook page users for their views on the new design.

Most commenters expressed a positive view, with some saying it would be good for the town and that it appeared to be a significant improvement on the current station.

Some expressed negative views, including that there was too much concrete and that the upgrade is a waste of money.

An Inland Rail spokesperson said: “In the first week of engagement on the latest designs, we recorded 130 discussions with community members. The majority of respondents have been positive and eager for the project to begin.”