Victoria Park/Stampede station

Victoria Park / Stampede

CTrain station

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-loading platforms

Connections

10 City Hall/Southcentre

Construction

Structure type

At-grade

Parking

Accessible

Yes

History

Opened

1981

Rebuilt

1990 (interior renovations)

2013 (minor)

2022 (replaced with temporary platform)

2023 (replaced with entirely new station)

Previous names

Stampede

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 the Calgary, Alberta neighborhood of Beltline, used as apart 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.

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 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]

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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)

Around the station

Major Destinations

BMO Centre
Calgary Stampede
Cowboys Casino
Elbow River Casino
MNP Community & Sport Centre
Saddledome
World's Tallest Mural

Communities

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

12 Avenue S
17 Avenue S
Agriculture Trail
Macleod Trail
Stampede Trail

References

^ "Calgary Transit: CTrain Station Platform Work". Calgary Transit. Archived from the original on May 19, 2011.
^ "Calgary Transit: About Calgary Transit". 2010-07-04. Archived from the original on 2010-07-04. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
^ 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. 2021-07-10. Archived from the original on 2023-12-31. Retrieved 2023-12-31.
^ "City provides more detail as 9-day shutdown on portion of LRT's Red Line approaches". 2023-11-13. Retrieved 2023-12-31.

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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