Erlton/Stampede station
Erlton / Stampede | |||||||||||
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CTrain station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | 2408-3A St. SE | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 51°01′56″N 114°03′31″W / 51.03222°N 114.05861°W | ||||||||||
Owned by | Calgary Transit | ||||||||||
Platforms | Center-loading platform | ||||||||||
Connections | 17 Renfrew/Ramsay | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 1981 | ||||||||||
Rebuilt | 2011 | ||||||||||
Previous names | Erlton | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Erlton/Stampede Station (formerly named Erlton until 1995) is a
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.
The station serves the neighborhood of
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]
Advertisement campaign
The station was featured in a Calgary Transit advertisement campaign that ran throughout 2022 and 2023, advertising the MyFare app.
See also
- CTrain
- Red Line (Calgary)
- Victoria Park/Stampede station
- Calgary Stampede
- Erlton, Calgary
- Transit station
References
- ^ Calgary Transit (2005). "LRT Station Ridership". Archived from the original on 2007-06-08. Retrieved 2007-08-24.
- ^ Calgary Transit (2011). "Erlton Stampede Station South Ramp Closure". Archived from the original on 2011-09-24. Retrieved 2011-07-26.