Chawri Bazar is an underground station located on the Yellow Line of the

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, a

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system serving

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and its satellite cities in the

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of India. It is located in the

Chawri Bazaar Chawri Bazar is a specialized wholesale market of brass, copper and paper products. Established in 1840, with a hardware market, it was the first wholesale market of Old Delhi it lies to the west of Jama Masjid in Delhi. It can be reached ...

locality of

Old Delhi Old Delhi or Purani Dilli is an area in the Central Delhi district of Delhi, India. It was founded as a walled city named Shahjahanabad in 1648, when Shah Jahan (the Mughal emperor at the time) decided to shift the Mughal capital from Agra. T ...

and was inaugurated on 3 July 2005 as part of the Kashmere Gate – Central Secretariat corridor.

The station

Chawri Bazar is the second-deepest metro station after Hauz Khas,

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of the Delhi Metro network and is situated about below ground level. It is located close to the monuments of

Jama Masjid A congregational mosque or Friday mosque (, ''masjid jāmi‘'', or simply: , ''jāmi‘''; ), or sometimes great mosque or grand mosque (, ''jāmi‘ kabir''; ), is a mosque for hosting the Friday noon prayers known as ''jumu'ah''.* * * * * * * ...

, the largest mosque in India and

Red Fort The Red Fort or Lal Qila () is a historic fort in Old Delhi, Delhi in India that served as the main residence of the Mughal Emperors. Emperor Shah Jahan commissioned construction of the Red Fort on 12 May 1638, when he decided to shift ...

, a

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. Major stations such as (Old Delhi) and New Delhi railway station of the

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are located close to Chawri Bazar.

Station layout

References

External links

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)

Delhi Metro Annual Reports
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''UrbanRail.Net''
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The station

Station layout

See also

References

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