Lions Park station

Lions Park

CTrain station

General information

Location

1901C - 14 Avenue NW

Coordinates

51°03′54″N 114°06′12″W / 51.06500°N 114.10333°W

Owned by

Calgary Transit

Platforms

Side-loading platforms

Connections

19 16th Avenue North/Rundle
31 Dalhousie
40 Crowfoot
89 Sandstone
91 Foothills Medical Centre
105 Dalhousie
404 Briar Hill/Mt Pleasant/West Hillhurst
414 14th Street Crosstown
MO MAX Orange Saddletowne/Brentwood

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Parking

None

Accessible

Yes

History

Opened

1987

Rebuilt

2013

Services

Preceding station	CTrain			Following station
Banff Trail toward Tuscany		Red Line		SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee toward Somerset–Bridlewood

Lions Park Station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in Hounsfield Heights-Briar Hill, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Opened on September 7, 1987 as part of the original Northwest Line (Route 201). It is located on the exclusive LRT right of way on the south side of 14 Avenue NW, just east of 19 Street NW. Two side-loading platforms with ramp access from grade level as well as pedestrian crossings are located at both ends of the station. The station is located adjacent to the Mall Entrance 5 of the North Hill Centre shopping mall, and is less than 1 kilometre away from the campus of SAIT.

The station is located on the Northwest leg of the Red Line, sitting between SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee Station southbound, and Banff Trail Station northbound. The station acts as a transfer point of the MAX Orange BRT bus line, connecting with the North Hill stop.^[1]

In 2008, the station registered an average of 5,800 weekday boardings.^[2]

Station Upgrades

As part of Calgary Transit's plan to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car platforms were to be extended. Lions Park Station had the platform extended to the East which also include an additional level crossing of the tracks, as well the pedestrian crossing of 14 Avenue NW was moved along with the platform. Construction started in Fall 2013 and finished in six months. This platform extension required no closures and didn't affect wheelchair ramp access.^[3]

Calgary Transit, in collaboration with Shaw Communications, announced on November 16, 2016 that 8 new locations for Public Wi-Fi services would be added to the Calgary C-Train system. These new locations would add public Wi-Fi to 18 new stations; including Lions Park Station. These changes ere done as they would improve transit experience for their users, which would improve customer commitment.^[4]

Crime

On the Tuesday night of November 8, 2021, a man was taken to hospital after being stabbed at Lions Park LRT Station.^[5]

Police were called to the platform of the Lions Park LRT Station at roughly 8:00 PM on March 28, 2023 for reports of a stabbing. When police arrived, two women were found with stab wounds, one in life-threatening condition. An investigation following this found that a fight had taken place between several women on the platform, who were known by each other.^[6]

References

^ "Calgary's new MAX rapid transit bus lines perplex some riders". CBC News. 2018-11-20. Archived from the original on 2023-04-02.
^ Calgary Transit - About CT (Statistics - LRT Ridership) Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ "Calgary Transit: Lions Park Construction Notice". Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
^ "Calgary Transit and Shaw Communications expand Public Wi-Fi to the Northwest and Northeast CTrain stations". Calgary Newsroom. November 16, 2016. Archived from the original on April 5, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
^ "CityNews".
^ "Calgary woman charged in connection with LRT stabbing". 30 March 2023.

Calgary Transit

CTrain lines and stations

Red Line

Northwest	Tuscany Crowfoot Dalhousie Brentwood ■ University Banff Trail Lions Park ■ SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee ■ Sunnyside
Downtown	8 Street SW ■ ■ 7 Street SW ■ ■ 6 Street SW ■ ■ 4 Street SW ■ ■ 3 Street SW ■ ■ 1 Street SW ■ ■ ■ Centre Street ■ ■ City Hall/Bow Valley College ■ ■
South	Victoria Park/Stampede Erlton/Stampede 39 Avenue Chinook Heritage ■ Southland Anderson Canyon Meadows Fish Creek–Lacombe Shawnessy Somerset–Bridlewood

Blue Line

West	69 Street Sirocco 45 Street Westbrook ■ Shaganappi Point Sunalta
Downtown	Downtown West–Kerby 8 Street SW ■ ■ 7 Street SW ■ ■ 6 Street SW ■ ■ 4 Street SW ■ ■ 3 Street SW ■ ■ 1 Street SW ■ ■ ■ Centre Street ■ ■ City Hall/Bow Valley College ■ ■
Northeast	Bridgeland/Memorial Zoo Barlow/Max Bell Franklin Marlborough Rundle ■ Whitehorn McKnight–Westwinds Martindale Saddletowne ■

Green Line

Former stations

Bus routes
MAX	MAX Orange ■ ■ MAX Yellow ■ ■ ■ ■ MAX Teal ■ ■ ■ MAX Purple ■ ■ ■

Italics indicate a future line or station
■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ indicate connections
Downtown stations form the 7th Avenue Free Fare Zone

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Station Upgrades

Crime

See also

References