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Chandni Chowk

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	Platform view of the station
Location	12, Central Avenue, Chandni Chowk, Bowbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal - 700072
Coordinates	22°34′01″N 88°21′15″E / 22.56702°N 88.35415°E
Operated by	Metro Railway, Kolkata
Line(s)	Template:Rcb
Platforms	2 (1 island platform)
Construction
Structure type	Underground
Other information
Station code	KCWC
History
Opened	19 February 1995; 31 years ago
Services
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Location
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Chandni Chowk is an underground metro station on the North-South corridor of the Blue Line of Kolkata Metro in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.^[1]^[2]^[3] It is located in Central Avenue, Chandni Chowk, Bowbazar, Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Station Layout[edit | edit source]

G	Street level	Exit/Entrance
L1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
L2 Platforms	Platform 2	← Towards Template:Ltl (Template:Stl*) →
	Island platform, Doors will open on the right
	Platform 1	← Towards Template:Ltl (Template:Stl)

Change at Esplanade for Template:Rcb and Template:Rcb

Connections[edit | edit source]

Bus[edit | edit source]

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.^[4]^[5]

Entry/Exit[edit | edit source]

1 - Hindustan Building
2 - India Coffee House
3 - Hind Cinema
4 - Yogayog Bhavan
5 - Indian Airlines
6 - Ganesh Chandra Avenue

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Gate No.1 of the metro station
Gate No.2 of the metro station
Gate No.3 of the metro station
Gate No.4 of the metro station
Gate No.5 of the metro station
Gate No.6 of the metro station
Chandni Chowk Metro Station Entrance in Kolkata, West Bengal

References[edit | edit source]

↑ "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.
↑ "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.
↑ "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.
↑ "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
↑ "Bus Services". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

External links[edit | edit source]

Template:Wikivoyage inline
Old official Website for Blue Line^[usurped]
UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
Google. "Chandni Chowk station" (Map). Google Maps. Google. {{cite map}}: |author= has generic name (help)

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[1] "Welcome to Metro Railway, Kolkata". Archived from the original on 20 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-09-01.

[2] "Calcuttaweb - Metro -underground subway railway system". Archived from the original on 21 November 2010. Retrieved 13 May 2011.

[3] "UrbanRail.Net > Asia > India > West Bengal > Kolkata (Calcutta) Metro". Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 29 June 2011.

[4] "Bus route | the Calcutta Tramways Company [1978] Ltd". Archived from the original on 18 August 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

[5] "Bus Services". Archived from the original on 28 January 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2018.

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-'''Chandni Chowk''' is a station of the [[Kolkata Metro]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kolmetro.com/ |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-09-01 |url-status=dead |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=Archived copy |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=Archived copy |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>
-==History==
-{{Empty section|date=January 2018}}
-===Construction===
-==The station==
-===Structure===
+'''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]].
-Chandni Chowk is underground metro station, situated on the [[Kolkata Metro Line 1]] of [[Kolkata Metro]].
-===Layout===
+==Station Layout==
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-| bottom = <div style="width:10em;text-align:center">Two tracks and one island platform</div>
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-===Station layout===
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+|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=400 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
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-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;"|'''M'''
+|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
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-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''P'''
+|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=3 valign=top|'''L2<br>Platforms'''
-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=100|'''Southbound'''
+|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=85 height=45|<span style=color:#{{rail color|Kolkata Metro|blue}}>'''Platform 2'''</span>
-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=390| Toward →[[Kavi Subhash metro station|Kavi Subhash]]
+|style="border-bottom:solid 1px white;" width=400|{{0|←}} Towards {{ltl|Kolkata Metro|blue|right}} <small>({{stl|Kolkata Metro|Esplanade}}*)</small> →
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-|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Northbound'''
-| style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width="390" |Toward ← [[Noapara metro station|Noapara]]
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+* <small>''Change at Esplanade for '''{{Rcb|Kolkata Metro|Green|yes}}''' and '''{{Rcb|Kolkata Metro|Purple|yes}}'''''</small>
 ==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=Archived copy |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>http://transport.wb.gov.in/transport-services/bus-services/</ref>
+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 &#124; the Calcutta Tramways Company &#91;1978&#93; 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==
-{|class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="65%"
+*'''1''' - Hindustan Building
-|-
+*'''2''' - India Coffee House
-! align="center" colspan="6" style="background:;"| <span style="color:Black;">'''Chandni Chowk metro station exits '''</span>
+*'''3''' - Hind Cinema
-|-
+*'''4''' - Yogayog Bhavan
-! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-1
+*'''5''' - Indian Airlines
-! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-2
+*'''6''' - Ganesh Chandra Avenue
-! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-3
-! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-4
-! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-5
-! style="width:5%;"|Gate No-6
-|-
-| ||India Coffee House  ||Hind Cinema ||Yogayog Bhavan || ||Ganesh Chandra Avenue
-|-
-|}
 ==Gallery==
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 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_WEST_PLATFORM.jpg|Chandni Chowk platform Dakshineswar bound
+File:Chandni chowk metro station.jpg|Chandni Chowk Metro Station Entrance in [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]]
 </gallery>
@@ Line 138: / Line 123: @@
 ==References==
-{{reflist|30em}}
+{{reflist}}
 ==External links==
-* {{Wikivoyage-inline|Kolkata/Esplanade}}
+* {{Wikivoyage inline|Kolkata/Esplanade}}
-* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070820234733/http://www.kolmetro.com/ Official Website for line 1]
+* {{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}}
-{{Kolkata Metro}}
+{{Kolkata Metro|blue line=yes}}
-{{Rapid transit in India}}
-{{Rapid transit in Asia}}
+[[Category:Railway stations in India opened in 1995]]
 [[Category:Kolkata Metro stations]]
 [[Category:Railway stations in Kolkata]]
-[[Category:Railway stations opened in 1995]]
 {{WestBengal-railstation-stub}}
 {{Asia-metro-stub}}