Victoria Park/Stampede station

Victoria Park/Stampede station (named Stampede station until 1995) is a CTrain light rail station in Beltline, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, in use for the Red Line. Adjacent to Stampede Park, the site of the Calgary Stampede, opened on May 25, 1981, as part of the original line.

The secondary platform viewed from the main platform
Victoria Park/Stampede
CTrain station
General information
Location1414 Macleod Trail SE
Coordinates51°02′18″N 114°03′30″W
Owned byCalgary Transit
PlatformsCenter-loading platform
Side-loading overflow platform (special use only)
Connections10 City Hall/Southcentre
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1981
Rebuilt2013 (2020-2023)
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
City Hall
toward Tuscany
 Red Line Erlton/Stampede
toward Somerset–Bridlewood

The station is located on the exclusive LRT right of way, 1 km south of the City Hall interlocking beside Macleod Trail just north of 17 Avenue SE. A pedestrian bridge crosses Macleod Trail from the station towards Uptown 17th Avenue. The station has a centre-loading platform that is accessed by stairs and an escalator inside the station building. A ramp is located at the south end of the platform to provide wheelchair access.

Victoria Park/Stampede station is the only CTrain station with three platforms: the west track is used by trains going south, the central track by trains towards downtown and the Northwest, and the east track is mostly unused except for PR events, storage of LRVs or if one side of the main platform is not available. In the past, there was a special service train from the east platform to the northeast after concerts and Calgary Flames games, and during the Stampede, but this service is very rare.

As part of Calgary Transit's plan to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car platforms were extended. Construction on a platform extension at Victoria Park/Stampede was completed in the fall of 2013.[1]

Future Rebuild

In 2019 the city of Calgary unveiled plans to demolish the original aging 1981 station in favour of building a more accessible at-grade station to better integrate it with the BMO Centre expansion along with the extension of 17th Avenue into Stampede Park. The new station is budgeted at $83 million and will feature ground level access. Construction began on July 22, 2021, and is expected to be complete in 2023.[2]

The station registered an average of 3,200 weekday boardings in 2005.[3]

References
  1. "Calgary Transit: CTrain Station Platform Work". Calgary Transit. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
  2. MacVicar, Adam (July 22, 2021). "Overhaul of Victoria Park/Stampede CTrain Station now underway". Global News. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  3. Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on June 8, 2007.
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