Chawri Bazar metro station

Coordinates: 28°38′58.6″N 77°13′34.3″E / 28.649611°N 77.226194°E

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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 / 28.649611°N 77.226194°E

Owned by

Delhi Metro

Line(s)

Yellow Line

Platforms

Island platform
Platform-1 → Millennium City Centre Gurugram
Platform-2 → Samaypur Badli

Tracks

Construction

Structure type

Underground

Depth

25 metres (82 ft)

Platform levels

Accessible

Yes

Other information

Station code

CWBR

History

Opened

3 July 2005; 19 years ago

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

Legend

Samaypur Badli Depot

Samaypur Badli

Rohini Sector 18, 19

Outer Ring Road

Haiderpur Badli Mor

Magenta Line

Indian Railways

Jahangirpuri

Adarsh Nagar

Ring Road

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

Rajpath

Ring railway

Ring Road

Outer Ring Road

Mehrauli Badarpur Road

Qutab Minar

Chhatarpur

Golden Line

Sultanpur

Sultanpur Depot

border

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

References

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Delhi Metro.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Delhi.

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.

Lines

Main Line 3	Noida Electronic City Dwarka Sector 21
Branch Line 4	Yamuna Bank Vaishali

Green Line 5

Main Line	Inderlok Brigadier Hoshiyar Singh
Branch Line	Ashok Park Main Kirti Nagar

v t e Delhi Metro stations
Yellow Line	Samaypur Badli Rohini Sector 18, 19 Haiderpur Badli Mor Jahangirpuri Adarsh Nagar Azadpur ■ Model Town GTB Nagar Vishwa Vidyalaya Vidhan Sabha Civil Lines Kashmere Gate ■ ■ Chandni Chowk Chawri Bazar New Delhi ■ Rajiv Chowk ■ Patel Chowk Central Secretariat ■ Udyog Bhawan Lok Kalyan Marg Jor Bagh Dilli Haat - INA ■ AIIMS Green Park Hauz Khas ■ Malviya Nagar Saket Qutab Minar Chhatarpur Sultanpur Ghitorni Arjan Garh Guru Dronacharya Sikanderpur MG Road IFFCO Chowk Millennium City Centre Gurugram
Depot(s)	■ Siraspur, Khyber Pass & Sultanpur

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The station

Station layout

See also

References

External links