Victoria Park/Stampede

Victoria Park/Stampede
C-Train station
Location	1414 Macleod Trail SE
Coordinates
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Line(s)	South Line
Platforms	Center-loading platform Side-loading overflow platform (special use only)
Connections	10 Dalhousie/Southcentre
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	No
Disabled access	Yes
History
Opened	1981
Rebuilt	2013
Services
Preceding station   CTrain   Following station City Hall toward Tuscany Route 201 Erlton/Stampede toward Somerset – Bridlewood

Victoria Park/Stampede (formerly named Stampede until 1995) is a stop on the South Line (Route 201) of the CTrain light rail system in Calgary, Alberta. The station opened on May 25, 1981 as part of the original South line.

The station, located on the exclusive LRT right of way, 1 km South of the City Hall interlocking beside Macleod Trail just north of 17 Avenue SE, serves Stampede Park, the site of the Calgary Stampede as well as the communities of Beltline and Mission. A pedestrian bridge crosses Macleod Trail from the station towards Uptown 17th Avenue. The station has a center-loading platform that is accessed by stairs and an escalator inside the station building. A ramp is located at the South end of the platform to provide wheelchair access.

The Victoria Park/Stampede station is the only CTrain station with three platforms: the west track is used by trains going south, the central track by trains towards downtown and the Northwest, and the east track is mostly unused except for PR events, storage of LRVs or if one side of the main platform is not available. In the past, there was a special service train from the east platform to the Northeast after Calgary Flames Games, Concerts, and during the Calgary Stampede but this service is very rare.

As part of Calgary Transit's plan to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car platforms are being extended. Construction on a platform extension at Victoria Park/Stampede was completed in the Fall of 2013.

The station registered an average of 3,200 weekday boardings in 2005.