| Victoria Park/Stampede | |
| Type: | CTrain station |
| Other Name: | Victoria Park |
| Style: | CTrain |
| Address: | 1414 Macleod Trail SE |
| Other: | 10 City Hall/Southcentre |
| Structure: | At-grade |
| Platform: | Side |
| Parking: | No |
| Rebuilt: | (interior renovations) (minor) (replaced with temporary platform) (replaced with entirely new station) |
| Accessible: | yes |
| Owned: | Calgary Transit |
| Former: | Stampede |
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.
The station is located on the exclusive LRT right of way, 1km (01miles) 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]
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: