Lions Park station

Lions Park station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in Hounsfield Heights-Briar Hill, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Opened on September 7, 1987 as part of the original Northwest Line (Route 201). It is located on the exclusive LRT right of way on the south side of 14 Avenue NW, just east of 19 Street NW. Two side-loading platforms with ramp access from grade level as well as pedestrian crossings are located at both ends of the station. The station is located adjacent to the Mall Entrance 5 of the North Hill Centre shopping mall, and is less than 1 kilometre away from the campus of SAIT.

Lions Park
CTrain station
General information
Location1901C - 14 Avenue NW
Coordinates51°03′54″N 114°06′12″W
Owned byCalgary Transit
PlatformsSide-loading platforms
Connections19 16th Avenue North/Rundle
31 Dalhousie
40 Crowfoot
89 Sandstone
91 Foothills Medical Centre
105 Dalhousie
404 Briar Hill/Mt Pleasant/West Hillhurst
414 14th Street Crosstown
MO MAX Orange Saddletowne/Brentwood
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingNone
AccessibleYes
History
Opened1987
Rebuilt2013
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station
Banff Trail
toward Tuscany
 Red Line SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee
toward Somerset–Bridlewood

The station is located on the Northwest leg of the Red Line, sitting between SAIT/AUArts/Jubilee Station southbound, and Banff Trail Station northbound. The station acts as a transfer point of the MAX Orange BRT bus line, connecting with the North Hill stop.[1]

As part of Calgary Transit's plan to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014, all three-car platforms were to be extended. Lions Park Station had the platform extended to the East which also include an additional level crossing of the tracks, as well the pedestrian crossing of 14 Avenue NW was moved along with the platform. Construction started in Fall 2013 and finished in six months. This platform extension required no closures and didn't affect wheelchair ramp access.[2]

In 2008, the station registered an average of 5,800 weekday boardings.[3]

Crime

On the Tuesday night of November 8th, 2021, a man was taken to hospital after being stabbed at Lions Park LRT Station.[4]

Police were called to the platform of the Lions Park LRT Station at roughly 8:00 PM on March 28th for reports of a stabbing. When police arrived, two women were found with stab wounds, one in life-threatening condition. An investigation following this found that a fight had taken place between several women on the platform, who were known by each other.[5]

View of the station on 14 Ave NW

References
  1. "Calgary's new MAX rapid transit bus lines perplex some riders". CBC News. 2018-11-20. Archived from the original on 2023-04-02.
  2. "Calgary Transit: Lions Park Construction Notice". Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2012-12-10.
  3. Calgary Transit - About CT (Statistics - LRT Ridership) Archived 2007-06-08 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "CityNews".
  5. "Calgary woman charged in connection with LRT stabbing". 30 March 2023.


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