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'''Shadipur Depot''' is a residential and industrial area in [[West Delhi]], named after nearby '''Shadipur''' settlement. This is also a [[train station|depot]] for the [[Delhi Transport Corporation]] (DTC). It is also known for the 'Baljit Nagar', where in [[Kathputli Colony]], puppeteers, magicians, acrobats, dancers and musicians and other itinerant performance groups have settled since half a century.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/world/magic-slum-may-vanish-in-puff-of-development-smoke-20100326-r33a.html|title=Magic slum may vanish in puff of development smoke|date=27 March 2010|work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/show-begins-at-kathputli-colony/423940/|title=Show begins at Baljit Nagar|date=16 February 2009|work=Indian Express|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009231214/http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/show-begins-at-kathputli-colony/423940/|archivedate=2012-10-09}}</ref><ref name="ti">{{cite news|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816792,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080626091421/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1816792,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=26 June 2008|title=Postcard from Baljit Nagar: Magic Abounds in a Delhi Slum|date=20 June 2008|work=[[TIME]] magazine | first=Heidi J. | last=Shrager}}</ref>

Its neighbouring areas are [[Mayapuri]] and [[Naraina]].

==Transport==
The area is serviced by [[Shadipur (Delhi Metro)|Shadipur]] Station of [[Delhi Metro]] Shadipur Station. Close to it lies an important intersection, where average number of vehicles on a typical summer evening passing through the intersection per green signal is 280. The number of cars and buses that populate that stretch of the signal is about 148. The signal of the previous intersection is also usually synchronized with this one.

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://wikimapia.org/6188085/Shadipur-Depot Shadipur Depot] at ''[[wikimapia]]''
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[[Category:Neighbourhoods in Delhi]]
[[Category:West Delhi district]]

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