Erlton/Stampede station

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Erlton / Stampede
CTrain station
Erlton-Stampede (C-Train) 11.jpg
General information
Location2408-3A St. SE
Coordinates 51°01′56″N114°03′31″W / 51.03222°N 114.05861°W / 51.03222; -114.05861
Owned by Calgary Transit
PlatformsCenter-loading platform
Connections17 Renfrew/Ramsay
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingNo
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1981
Rebuilt2011
Previous namesErlton
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
Victoria Park/Stampede
toward Tuscany
Red Line 39 Avenue

Erlton/Stampede Station (formerly named Erlton until 1995) is a CTrain light rail station in the Calgary, Alberta community of Erlton. It is located on the southern leg of the Red Line, and is the station south of Victoria Park/Stampede and north of 39 Avenue South. The station opened on May 25, 1981, as part of the original South line. The station consists of a center-loading platform with mezzanine access on the North end of the platform and grade-level access at the South end of the platform.

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Platform of Erlton/Stampede station, with MNP Community & Sport Centre and downtown Calgary in the background Erlton-StampedeStationPlatformNovember2019.jpg
Platform of Erlton/Stampede station, with MNP Community & Sport Centre and downtown Calgary in the background

The station serves the neighborhood of Erlton and the south entrance of Stampede Park, the site of the Calgary Stampede. It serves as an alternate access to the park and is often favored by riders wishing to avoid the crowds at Victoria Park/Stampede.

In 2005, the station registered an average of 1,700 boardings per weekday. [1]

As part of Calgary Transit's plan to introduce four-car trains, Erlton/Stampede has had its platform extended to the south and can now handle four-car trains. Construction took place and the south grade-level access was temporarily closed from July 29 – December 7, 2011. [2]

The station was featured in a Calgary Transit advertisement campaign that ran throughout 2022 and 2023, advertising the MyFare app.

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References

  1. Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
  2. Calgary Transit (2011). "Erlton Stampede Station South Ramp Closure". Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2011-07-26.