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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Delhi Metro logo.svg|50px]] Chawri Bazar
| other_name =
| style = Delhi Metro
| type = [[Delhi Metro]] station
| image = [[File:Chawri Bazar.jpg|250px]]
| image_caption =
| address = Ajmere Gate Road, Chawri Bazar, Hauz Qazi, Old Delhi, 110006
| country = India
| coordinates = {{coord|28.649564|77.226226|type:railwaystation_region:IN|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| owned = [[Delhi Metro]]
| line = {{color box|#{{rcr|Delhi Metro|Yellow}}; font-size:100%|[[Yellow Line (Delhi Metro)|'''Yellow Line''']]|}}
| platform = [[Island platform]] 
Platform-1 → [[HUDA City Centre metro station|HUDA City Centre]] Platform-2 → [[Samaypur Badli metro station|Samaypur Badli]]
| tracks = 2
| other =
| ADA = Yes {{Access icon}}
| bicycle =
| depth = {{convert|25|m|ft}}
| levels = 3
| parking =
| structure = Underground
| code = CWBR
| zone =
| closed =
| former =
| opened = {{start date and age|2005|July|3|mf=yes}}
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 25 kV 50 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]
| passengers = 939,508 30,307 Daily Average <ref name="2015-Ridership details">{{cite web |url=https://www.delhimetrorail.com/otherdocuments/867/RidershipDetails.pdf |title=Daily Ridership Jan-2015 |publisher=[[Delhi Metro Rail Corporation|DMRC]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110120201/http://www.delhimetrorail.com/otherdocuments/867/RidershipDetails.pdf |archive-date=10 January 2017 |df=dmy-all }}</ref>
| mpassengers =
| pass_system =
| pass_year = Jan 2015
| pass_percent =
| smartcardname =
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| services = {{Adjacent stations |system=Delhi Metro |line=Yellow |left=Chandni Chowk |right=New Delhi}}
| map_locator =
| map_type = India Delhi
| map_dot_label = Chawri Bazar
| map_size = 300
| route_map = {{Delhi Metro Yellow Line Route}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Chawri Bazar''' is an underground station located on the [[Yellow Line (Delhi Metro)|Yellow Line]] of the [[Delhi Metro]], a [[rapid transit]] system serving [[Delhi]] and its satellite cities in the [[National Capital Region (India)|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 (Delhi Metro)|Kashmere Gate]] – [[Central Secretariat (Delhi Metro)|Central Secretariat]] corridor.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/03/stories/2005070311050100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707161146/http://www.hindu.com/2005/07/03/stories/2005070311050100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-07-07|title=New Delhi gets its brand new Metro|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2005-07-03|access-date=2010-09-27}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/Delhi-Metro-goes-underground/articleshow/1158393.cms|title=Delhi Metro goes underground|work=[[The Times of India]]|date=2005-07-02|access-date=2010-09-27}}</ref>

==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 {{convert|25|m|ft}} below ground level.<ref>{{Cite news|first=Sumegha|last=Gulati|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/hauz-khas-set-to-get-deepest-underground-metro-station-by-march-2016/|title=Hauz Khas set to get deepest underground metro station|work=[[The Indian Express]]|date=2014-09-16|access-date=2022-04-30}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/29/stories/2005062920010300.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112023556/http://www.hindu.com/2005/06/29/stories/2005062920010300.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2007-11-12|title=Technological marvel set to unfold on July 2|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=2005-06-29|access-date=2010-09-27}}</ref> It is located close to the monuments of [[Jama Masjid, Delhi|Jama Masjid]], the largest mosque in India and [[Red Fort]], a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage Site]]. Major stations such as {{stnlnk|Delhi Junction}} (Old Delhi) and [[New Delhi railway station]] of the [[Indian Railways]] are located close to Chawri Bazar.

===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=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''M'''
|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|'''P'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|'''Southbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=500|Platform 1 Towards → [[HUDA City Centre metro station|HUDA City Centre]] next station is [[New Delhi metro station|New Delhi]] '''''Change at the next station for '''{{color box|#{{rcr|Delhi Metro|Airport}}; font-size:100%|[[Delhi Airport Metro Express|'''Airport Express''']]|}}''
|-
|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 {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Northbound'''
| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="500" |Platform 2 Towards ← [[Samaypur Badli metro station|Samaypur Badli]] next station is [[Chandni Chowk metro station (Delhi)|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]]

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==References==
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==External links==
{{Commons|Delhi Metro}}
{{Wikivoyage|Delhi}}
* [http://www.delhimetrorail.com/ Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)]
* [http://www.delhimetrorail.com/annual_report.aspx/ Delhi Metro Annual Reports]
* {{cite web|title=Station Information |work=Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) |url=http://www.delhimetrorail.com/commuters/station_information.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100619035828/http://delhimetrorail.com/commuters/station_information.html |archive-date=19 June 2010 |df=dmy }}
* [http://www.urbanrail.net ''UrbanRail.Net''] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

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