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{{Short description|Kolkata Metro's Blue Line metro station}}
{{Other uses|Chandni Chowk (disambiguation)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox station
| name = Chandni Chowk
| native_name = {{nobold|চাঁদনি চক}}
| system = [[Kolkata Metro]]
| style = Kolkata Metro
| symbol = m
| symbol_location = kolkata
| image = Chandni Chowk metro platform view.jpg
| image_upright = 1.3
| image_caption = Platform view of the station
| address = 12, [[Chittaranjan Avenue|Central Avenue]], [[Chandni Chowk (Kolkata)|Chandni Chowk]], [[Bowbazar]], Kolkata, West Bengal - 700072
| coordinates = {{Coord|22.56702|88.35415|region:IN-WB_type:railwaystation|display=inline,title|format=dms}}
| line = {{rcb|Kolkata Metro|Blue|croute}}
| other =
| structure = Underground
| platform = 2 (1 [[island platform]])
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| opened = {{start date and age|df=yes|1995|February|19}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| accessible = No
| code = KCWC
| owned =
| operator = [[Metro Railway, Kolkata]]
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| services = {{adjstn|system=Kolkata Metro|line=Blue|left=Central|right=Esplanade}}
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'''Chandni Chowk''' is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the [[Blue Line (Kolkata Metro)|Blue Line]] of [[Kolkata Metro]] in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], India.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolmetro.com/ |title=Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata |accessdate=2007-09-01 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ |archivedate=20 August 2007 |df=dmy }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.calcuttaweb.com/metro.shtml |title=Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system |accessdate=2011-05-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121093024/http://calcuttaweb.com/metro.shtml |archivedate=21 November 2010 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm |title=UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro |accessdate=2011-06-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629132602/http://urbanrail.net/as/kolk/kolkata.htm |archivedate=29 June 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> It is located in [[Chittaranjan Avenue|Central Avenue]], [[Chandni Chowk (Kolkata)|Chandni Chowk]], [[Bowbazar]], [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]].

==Station Layout==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=85 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''L1'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Mezzanine
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''L2 Platforms'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=85 height=45|'''Platform 2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=400|{{0|←}} Towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|blue|right}} ({{stl|Kolkata Metro|Esplanade}}*) →
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|[[Island platform]], Doors will open on the right 
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 height=45|'''Platform 1'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="400" | ← Towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|blue|left}} ({{stl|Kolkata Metro|Central}})
|-
|}
* ''Change at Esplanade for '''{{Rcb|Kolkata Metro|Green|yes}}''' and '''{{Rcb|Kolkata Metro|Purple|yes}}'''''

==Connections==
===Bus===
Bus route number 3B, 30C, 47B, 78, 214, 214A, 237, 242, S139 (Mini), S160 (Mini), S161 (Mini), E25, S9A, S10, S10A, S11, S15G, S17A, AC20, AC39 etc. serve the station.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |title=Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd |access-date=30 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818063620/http://calcuttatramways.com/bus-route-search/ |archive-date=18 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/ | title=Bus Services | access-date=30 January 2018 | archive-date=28 January 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180128154039/http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/ | url-status=live }}</ref>

==Entry/Exit==
*'''1''' - Hindustan Building
*'''2''' - India Coffee House
*'''3''' - Hind Cinema
*'''4''' - Yogayog Bhavan
*'''5''' - Indian Airlines
*'''6''' - Ganesh Chandra Avenue

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Chadni_Gate_1.jpg|Gate No.1 of the metro station
File:Chadni_Gate_2.jpg|Gate No.2 of the metro station
File:Chadni_Gate_3.jpg|Gate No.3 of the metro station
File:Chadni_Gate_4.jpg|Gate No.4 of the metro station
File:Chadni_Gate_5.jpg|Gate No.5 of the metro station
File:Chadni_Gate_6.jpg|Gate No.6 of the metro station
File:Chandni chowk metro station.jpg|Chandni Chowk Metro Station Entrance in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
</gallery>

==See also==
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*[[Kolkata]]
*[[List of Kolkata Metro stations]]
*[[Transport in Kolkata]]
*[[Kolkata Metro Rail Corporation]]
*[[Kolkata Suburban Railway]]
*[[Kolkata Monorail]]
*[[Trams in Kolkata]]
*[[Bhowanipore]]
*[[Chowringhee Road]]
*[[List of rapid transit systems]]
*[[List of metro systems]]
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==References==
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==External links==
* {{Wikivoyage inline|Kolkata/Esplanade}}
* {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ Old official Website for Blue Line]}}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
*{{Google maps|url=https://www.google.co.in/maps/place/Chandni+Chowk/@22.5673008,88.3530753,360m/data=!3m1!1e3!4m5!3m4!1s0x3a0277a88a80742d:0xd136d859bb6528c7!8m2!3d22.5667955!4d88.3541375?dcr=0|title=Chandni Chowk station}}

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[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1995]]
[[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]
[[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]

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Krrissh at 19:39, 27 March 2026