Lal Qila metro station
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.[1]
Layout and facilities
Station layout
| G | Street level | Exit/ Entrance |
| C | Concourse | Fare control, station agent, Ticket/token, shops |
| P | Platform 1 Southbound |
Towards → Raja Nahar Singh Next Station: Jama Masjid |
| Island platform | Doors will open on the right | ||
| Platform 2 Northbound |
Towards ← Kashmere Gate Change at the next station for Red Line or Yellow Line | |
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.[2]
Entry/Exit
| Lal Qila metro station Entry/exits | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gate No-1 | Gate No-2 | Gate No-3 | 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.[3][4]
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
References
- ^ Phase III Corridors (PDF) (Map). Delhi Metro Rail Corporation.
- ^ "Delhi Transport Corporation". Delhi Transport Corporation. Archived from the original on 25 October 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2018.
- ^ "Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: 'Hunt Down Each and Every Culprit Behind Incident,' Shah to Agencies Probing Case". Times Now. 11 November 2025. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
- ^ "Delhi Red Fort Blast Live Updates: Case handed over to NIA, Amit Shah holds another security review meeting". The Economic Times. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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.
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.
- "Lal Qila metro station" (Map). Google Maps.