39 Avenue station (Calgary)

39 Avenue station (usually shortened to 39 Ave) is a Calgary CTrain LRT station on the south leg of the Red Line, between Erlton/Stampede station southbound and Chinook station northbound. The station is located inside of the community of Manchester, a residential community in Calgary, Alberta. 39 Avenue Station opened on May 25, 1981, as part of the original South line. The station is located on the exclusive LRT right of way 3.4 km (2.1 mi) south of the City Hall Interlocking, at 39 Avenue SE, just east of Macleod Trail.

39 Avenue
CTrain station
General information
Other names	39 Ave
Location	4115 - 1 Street SE
Coordinates	51°01′03″N 114°03′42″W
Owned by	Calgary Transit
Platforms	Side-loading platforms
Connections	30 Highfield Industrial 147 Starfield Industrial 449 Eau Claire/Parkhill
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Accessible	Yes
History
Opened	1981; 44 years ago (1981)
Rebuilt	2014; 11 years ago (2014) (minor)
Previous names	42 Avenue S (1981–86)
Services
Preceding station CTrain Following station Erlton/Stampede toward Tuscany Red Line Chinook toward Somerset–Bridlewood
Location

It is located near the north end of a short tunnel that passes under 42nd Avenue. 229 parking spaces are available at the station on both sides. The station consists of two side-loading platforms and is completely at grade. 39 Avenue Station is the most exposed station to the elements as there is no canopy at all, unlike every other LRT station.

Formerly called 42 Avenue because 42 Avenue is a major commercial roadway in the area. In 1986, the station was renamed 39 Avenue to better indicate where it is located.

Calgary Transit is planning to operate four-car trains by the end of 2014. As a result, all three-car platforms are being extended. Construction work to extend the platform southwards started in April 2014 and finished in July 2014.

In 2005, the station registered an average transit volume of 3,600 boardings per weekday.^[1]

Around the Station

Major Destinations

• Abandoned Lindsay Mansion Ruins
• Burnsland Cemetery

Communities

Residential

• Elboya
• Manchester
• Parkhill

Industrial

• Burns Industrial
• Manchester Industrial

Crime

A woman in her late 20s was taken to hospital shortly after 6 PM on June 17, 2019, after a stabbing happened at the 39 Avenue Station platform.^[2]

In 2019, several incidents spanning years of unwanted sexual harassment and encounters from an individual that had been occurring at Chinook, 39 Avenue, and City Hall Station, were reported to the media and police. These encounters targeted Hispanic and Filipino women in particular.^[3]

A stabbing took place on the morning of Thursday December 23, 2021, at around 7 AM at the 39 Avenue LRT Station, with a man being rushed to hospital in serious condition.^[4]

On April 6, 2025, a hit-and-run occurred at the railway crossing adjacent to 39 Avenue Station, injuring 1 and causing train delays to the Red Line.^[5]

On June 6, 2025, an unknown man boarded a southbound CTrain at either Erlton/Stampede or 39 Avenue Station, then shortly after proceeding to touch a woman in a sexual manner without consent. The suspect would get off the train at Heritage Station.^[6]

See also

• CTrain
• Red Line (Calgary)
• Chinook station
• Manchester, Calgary
• Parkhill, Calgary