Victoria Park/Stampede station

Victoria Park/Stampede
Victoria Park/Stampede
CTrain station
Location	1414 Macleod Trail SE
Coordinates	51°02′18″N 114°03′30″W / 51.03833°N 114.05833°W
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Center-loading platform ; Side-loading overflow platform (special use only)
Connections	10 City Hall/Southcentre
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1981
Rebuilt	2013 (2020-2023)
Services

Victoria Park/Stampede station (named Stampede station until 1995) is CTrain light rail station in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It is a stop on the South Line (Route 201) and opened on May 25, 1981, as part of the original line.

The secondary platform viewed from the main platform

The station, 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, serves Stampede Park, the site of the Calgary Stampede as well as the communities of Beltline and Mission. A pedestrian bridge crosses Macleod Trail from the station towards Uptown 17th Avenue. The station has a center-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.

The 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 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 are being 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 favor 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[]

^ http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/lrt_platform_construction.html^{[dead link]}
^ MacVicar, Adam (July 22, 2021). "Overhaul of Victoria Park/Stampede CTrain Station now underway". Global News. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
^ Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.

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[1] ttp://www.calgarytransit.com/html/lrt_platform_construction.html^{[dead link]}

[2] MacVicar, Adam (July 22, 2021). "Overhaul of Victoria Park/Stampede CTrain Station now underway". Global News. Retrieved July 27, 2021.

[LRTstats-3] Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.

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