Engineering:Lal Qila metro station

Short description: Metro station in Chandni Chowk, Delhi, India

50px Lal Qila
Template:Delhi Metro Infobox station line
Location	Netaji Subhash Marg, Chandni Chowk, Old Delhi, Delhi, 110006
Coordinates
Owned by	Delhi Metro
Operated by	Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC)
Line(s)
Platforms	Island platform Platform-1 → Template:Ltl Platform-2 → Template:Ltl
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Underground, Double-track
Platform levels	2
History
Opened	28 May 2017 (2017-05-28)
Electrified	25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Services
Route map Template:Delhi Metro Violet Line Route
Location

Lal Qila (also spelled Lal Quila) or Red Fort is an underground metro station on the Netaji Subhash Marg (Netaji Subhash Road) in Chandni Chowk in the Old Delhi area of Delhi, India. It is a part of the Violet Line of the Delhi Metro system and is owned and operated by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation. It serves the iconic Red Fort or Lal Qila nearby, which is the former residence of the Mughal emperors of India and is now a Monument of National Importance. The preceding and following stations on the Violet Line are Kashmere Gate and Jama Masjid respectively, the latter serving another Mughal-era monument – the Jama Masjid or the Jama Mosque (congregational mosque) of Delhi, India's largest mosque.

Layout and facilities

Station layout

G	Street level	Exit/ Entrance
C	Concourse	Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops
P	Platform 1 Southbound	Towards → Template:Ltl Next Station: Template:Stl
	Island platform | Doors will open on the right Template:Access icon
	Platform 2 Northbound	Towards ← Template:Ltl Change at the next station for or

Connections

Bus

Delhi Transport Corporation bus routes number 114ST+901, 214, 214CL, 261, 347, 348, 402CL, 403CL, 405, 405A, 405STL, 425, 429CL, 605, 729, 807A serves the station from Red Fort bus stop.

Entry/Exit

align="center" style="background:#Template:Rcr;" colspan="5" | Lal Qila metro station Entry/exits
Gate No-1	Gate No-2 Template:Access icon	Gate No-3 Template:Access icon	Gate No-4
Chandni Chowk	Old Delhi Railway Station	Yamuna Bazar	Red Fort

Incident

On 10 November 2025, 6:52pm, a car bomb was detonated near the station, killing 13 people and injuring more than 20 others.

See also

• 2025 Delhi car explosion, near the metro station
• Lal Quila Express, passenger train in India
• Chandni Chowk metro station (Delhi)
• List of Delhi Metro stations
• Transport in Delhi
• Delhi Suburban Railway
• Delhi Monorail
• Central Delhi
• National Capital Region (India)
• List of rapid transit systems
• List of metro systems

External links

• Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (Official site)
• "Station Information". Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC). Archived from the original on 19 June 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100619035828/http://delhimetrorail.com/commuters/station_information.html. 
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
• Google. "Lal Qila metro station" (Map). Google. {{cite map}}: |author= has generic name (help); Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |mapurl= ignored (help)