Victoria Park/Stampede
CTrain station
General information
Location1414 Macleod Trail SE
Coordinates51°02′18″N 114°03′30″W / 51.03833°N 114.05833°W / 51.03833; -114.05833
Owned byCalgary Transit
PlatformsSide-loading platforms
Connections10 City Hall/Southcentre
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1981
Rebuilt1990 (interior renovations)

2013 (minor)

2022 (replaced with temporary platform)

2023 (replaced with entirely new station)
Previous namesStampede
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
City Hall/Bow Valley College
toward Tuscany
 Red Line Erlton/Stampede
toward Somerset–Bridlewood

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.

Victoria Park/Stampede Station was the only C-Train station to contain 3 platforms prior to the station's replacement

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 SW.

Victoria Park/Stampede Station used to be the only station on the network to contain 3 platforms. Prior to the replacement of the station, the third platform was used rarely for major events such as Calgary Flames events or Calgary Stampede.

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]

The station registered an average of 10,100 weekday passengers in 2007.[2]

Replacement

In 2019, the City of Calgary favoured to demolish the aging 1981 station in favor of replacing it with an entirely new station. The new station was decided to be a street-level 2 platform station similar to in design to City Hall/Bow Valley College and Downtown West/Kerby Stations. On top of the new station, this project would add an extension of 17 Avenue SE and a new multi-model entrance into Stampede Park.[3][4]

As a result of the construction, there were 2 major CTrain closures. One around Thanksgiving Weekend of 2022 between 39 Avenue S and City Hall stations, and the other being a major 9-day long closure starting on November 24, 2023 between Chinook and City Hall/Bow Valley College stations. Due to the magnitude of the 2023 closures, segments of the remaining C-Train network were rerouted, with the Red Line running on the Northeast Leg of the Blue Line, and the Blue Line running on the Northwest Leg of the Red Line.[5] The train routes during the closure were:

  • Chinook - Somerset-Bridlewood (Red Line)
  • Tuscany - Saddletowne (Red Line)
  • Tuscany - Saddletowne (Blue Line)
  • 69 Street - Saddletowne (Blue Line)
Map of the late 2023 closures which were a result of this station's construction

References

  1. ↑ "Calgary Transit: CTrain Station Platform Work". Calgary Transit. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
  2. ↑ "Calgary Transit: About Calgary Transit". web.archive.org. 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  3. ↑ MacVicar, Adam (July 22, 2021). "Overhaul of Victoria Park/Stampede CTrain Station now underway". Global News. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  4. ↑ "17 Avenue SE Extension & Victoria Park/Stampede Station Rebuild". Calgary Municipal Land Corporation. 2021-07-10. Archived from the original on 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
  5. ↑ "City provides more detail as 9-day shutdown on portion of LRT's Red Line approaches". 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
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