Victoria Park/Stampede station

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
Victoria Park/Stampede
CTrain station
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
Disabled accessYes
History
Opened1981
Rebuilt2013 (2020-2023)
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
City Hall
toward Tuscany
 Red Line Erlton/Stampede
toward Somerset–Bridlewood

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 with the area and with the BMO centre expansion along with the extension of 17th Avenue into Stampede Park. Construction is expected to begin in 2020

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

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


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