Chawri Bazar metro station

Chawri Bazar
Delhi Metro station
General information
Location	Ajmere Gate Road, Chawri Bazar, Hauz Qazi, Old Delhi, 110006 India
Coordinates	28°38′58.6″N 77°13′34.3″E
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Line(s)	Yellow Line
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Millennium City Centre Gurugram Platform-2 → Samaypur Badli
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Depth	25 metres (82 ft)
Platform levels	3
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	CWBR
History
Opened	3 July 2005; 19 years ago (2005-07-03)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
Jan 2015	939,508 30,307 Daily Average [1]
Services
Preceding station Delhi Metro Following station Chandni Chowk towards Samaypur Badli Yellow Line New Delhi towards Millennium City Centre Gurugram
Route map Samaypur Badli Depot Samaypur Badli Rohini Sector 18, 19 Outer Ring Road Haiderpur Badli Mor Magenta Line Indian Railways Jahangirpuri Adarsh Nagar Ring Road Azadpur Pink Line Model Town GTB Nagar Vishwavidyalaya Timarpur - Kyber Pass Depot Vidhan Sabha Civil Lines ISBT Road Kashmere Gate Red Line Violet Line Grand Trunk Road Chandni Chowk Chawri Bazar New Delhi Airport Express service tunnel to Blue line Rajiv Chowk Blue Line Patel Chowk Central Secretariat Violet Line Rajpath Udyog Bhawan Lok Kalyan Marg Jor Bagh Ring railway Dilli Haat - INA Pink Line Ring Road AIIMS Green Park Hauz Khas Magenta Line Outer Ring Road Malviya Nagar Saket Mehrauli Badarpur Road Qutab Minar Chhatarpur Golden Line Sultanpur Sultanpur Depot Ghitorni Arjan Garh Delhi Haryana border Guru Dronacharya Sikanderpur  Rapid Metro Gurgaon  MG Road IFFCO Chowk Millennium City Centre Gurugram
Location

Chawri Bazar is an underground station located on the Yellow Line of the Delhi Metro, a rapid transit system serving Delhi and its satellite cities in the National Capital Region of India. It is located in the Chawri Bazaar locality of Old Delhi and was inaugurated on 3 July 2005 as part of the Kashmere Gate – Central Secretariat corridor.^[2][3]

The station

Chawri Bazar is the second-deepest metro station after Hauz Khas, Magenta Line (Delhi Metro) of the Delhi Metro network and is situated about 25 metres (82 ft) below ground level.^[4][5] It is located close to the monuments of Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India and Red Fort, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Major stations such as Delhi Junction (Old Delhi) and New Delhi railway station of the Indian Railways are located close to Chawri Bazar.

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
C	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Millennium City Centre Gurugram Next Station: New Delhi Change at the next station for Airport Express
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Samaypur Badli Next Station: Chandni Chowk

See also

• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi
• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
• Delhi Suburban Railway
• Delhi Transport Corporation
• North Delhi
• National Capital Region (India)
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

References

1. "Daily Ridership Jan-2015" (PDF). DMRC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 January 2017.
2. "New Delhi gets its brand new Metro". The Hindu. 3 July 2005. Archived from the original on 7 July 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
3. "Delhi Metro goes underground". The Times of India. 2 July 2005. Retrieved 27 September 2010.
4. Gulati, Sumegha (16 September 2014). "Hauz Khas set to get deepest underground metro station". The Indian Express. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
5. "Technological marvel set to unfold on July 2". The Hindu. 29 June 2005. Archived from the original on 12 November 2007. Retrieved 27 September 2010.

External links

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• Delhi Metro Annual Reports
• "Station Information". Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC). Archived from the original on 19 June 2010.
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.