Victoria Park/Stampede station (named Stampede station until 1995) is a CTrain light rail station in the Calgary, Alberta, neighbourhood of Beltline, used as a part of the Red Line. The station is adjacent to Stampede Park, the site of the Calgary Stampede. The station opened on May 25, 1981, under the name Stampede Station, as part of the original line.
Victoria Park/Stampede | |||||||||||
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| CTrain station | |||||||||||
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| General information | |||||||||||
| Other names | Victoria Park | ||||||||||
| 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 | Side | ||||||||||
| Connections | 10 City Hall/Southcentre | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
| Parking | No | ||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 1981 | ||||||||||
| Rebuilt | 1990 (interior renovations) 2013 (replaced with entirely new station) | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Stampede | ||||||||||
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The station is located on the exclusive LRT right of way, 1 km (0.62 mi) 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 three platforms. Prior to the replacement of the station, the third platform was used rarely for major events such as Calgary Flames games or the 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
editIn 2019, the City of Calgary favoured demolishing the aging 1981 station and replacing it with an entirely new station. The new station was decided to be a street-level two-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 two major CTrain closures. One was around Thanksgiving Weekend 2022 between 39 Avenue S and City Hall stations, and the other was a major nine-day long closure starting on November 24, 2023, between Chinook and City Hall/Bow Valley College stations. The magnitude of the 2023 closures caused segments of the remaining C-Train network to be 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)
Around the station
editMajor destinations
edit- BMO Centre
- Calgary Stampede
- Cowboys Casino
- Elbow River Casino
- MNP Community & Sport Centre
- Saddledome
- World's Tallest Mural
Communities
edit- Beltline
- Connaught Centre (sub-community of the Beltline)
- East Victoria Crossing (sub-community of the Beltline)
- Victoria Park (sub-community of the Beltline)
Major streets
edit- 12 Avenue S
- 17 Avenue S
- Agriculture Trail
- Macleod Trail
- Stampede Trail
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Calgary Transit: CTrain Station Platform Work". Calgary Transit. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
- ^ "Calgary Transit: About Calgary Transit". July 4, 2010. Archived from the original on July 4, 2010. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ MacVicar, Adam (July 22, 2021). "Overhaul of Victoria Park/Stampede CTrain Station now underway". Global News. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
- ^ "17 Avenue SE Extension & Victoria Park/Stampede Station Rebuild". Calgary Municipal Land Corporation. July 10, 2021. Archived from the original on December 31, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.
- ^ "City provides more detail as 9-day shutdown on portion of LRT's Red Line approaches". November 13, 2023. Retrieved December 31, 2023.