Victoria Park/Stampede

C-Train 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

Line(s)

South Line

Platforms

Center-loading platform
Side-loading overflow platform (special use only)

Connections

10 Dalhousie/Southcentre

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Parking

Disabled access

Yes

History

Opened

1981

Rebuilt

2013

Services

Preceding station		CTrain		Following station
City Hall toward Tuscany		Route 201		Erlton/Stampede toward Somerset – Bridlewood

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

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 Calgary Flames Games, Concerts, and during the Calgary 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]

The station registered an average of 3,200 weekday boardings in 2005.^[2]

References

↑ http://www.calgarytransit.com/html/lrt_platform_construction.html
↑ Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.

Calgary Transit CTrain stations

Route 201

Northwest Line	Tuscany Crowfoot Dalhousie Brentwood University Banff Trail Lions Park SAIT/ACAD/Jubilee Sunnyside

Downtown	8th St. SW ■ 6th/7th St. SW ■ 3rd/4th St. SW ■ 1st St. SW/Centre St. ■ City Hall ■

South Line	Victoria Park/Stampede Erlton/Stampede 39th Avenue Chinook Heritage Southland Anderson Canyon Meadows Fish Creek – Lacombe Shawnessy Somerset – Bridlewood

Route 202

West Line	69th St. SW Sirocco 45th St. SW Westbrook Shaganappi Point Sunalta

Downtown	Downtown West – Kerby 8th St. SW ■ 6th/7th St. SW ■ 3rd/4th St. SW ■ 1st St. SW/Centre St. ■ City Hall ■

Northeast Line	Bridgeland/Memorial Zoo Barlow/Max Bell Franklin Marlborough Rundle Whitehorn McKnight – Westwinds Martindale Saddletowne

Former stations

Legend: ■ - connection | under construction | Downtown stations form the 7th Avenue Free Fare Zone

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