Lions Park station is a Calgary C-Train light rail station in Hounsfield Heights-Briar Hill,

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, 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

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. The station is located on the Northwest leg of the Red Line, sitting between

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southbound, and

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northbound. The station acts as a transfer point of the

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BRT bus line, connecting with the North Hill stop. 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. In 2008, the station registered an average of 5,800 weekday boardings.

Crime

On the Tuesday night of November 8th, 2021, a man was taken to hospital after being stabbed at Lions Park LRT Station. 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. Lions Park LRT 1

References

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