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
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Side
Connections	10 City Hall/Southcentre
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1981 (1981)
Rebuilt	1990 (1990) (interior renovations) 2013 (2013) (minor) 2022 (2022) (replaced with temporary platform) 2023 (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, 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 Station was the only C-Train station to contain 3 platforms prior to the station's replacement.

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.

The station registered an average of 10,100 weekday passengers in 2007.

Replacement

In 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.

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. 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)

Map of the late 2023 closures which were a result of this station's construction

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)

• Cliff Bungalow
• Erlton
• Mission
• Ramsay

Major streets

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

See also

• CTrain
• Red Line (Calgary)
• Erlton/Stampede station
• Calgary Stampede
• Beltline, Calgary