Andheri metro station

Andheri is an elevated metro station on the East-West Corridor of the Blue Line 1 of Mumbai Metro serving the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India. It was opened to the public on 8 June 2014.^[3] After Ghatkopar, Andheri is the busiest station on Line 1, with a daily passenger traffic of 72,125 in February 2017.^[4]

अंधेरी Andheri
Mumbai Metro One station
Andheri metro station in June 2023
General information
Location	Andheri railway station, Mathuradas Vasanji Road, Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400069
Coordinates	19°7′14″N 72°50′53″E
Operated by	Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes[1]
Other information
Station code	AND
History
Opened	8 June 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-08)
Passengers
2023	86,218[2]
Rank	2 out of 12
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Metro One Following station Azad Nagar towards Versova Line 1 Western Express Highway towards Ghatkopar Out-of-system interchange Preceding station Mumbai Suburban Railway Following station Vile Parle towards Churchgate Western line transfer at Andheri Jogeshwari towards Dahanu Road Vile Parle towards Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Harbour line transfer at Andheri Jogeshwari towards Goregaon
Route map Legend Line 1 km 0.000 Versova Lokhandwala Complex Road Four Bungalows Depot 0.955 D N Nagar Andheri West Line 2 K L Walwalkar Marg 1.751 Azad Nagar Swami Vivekananda Road Harbour line to Mumbai CST │ to Goregaon Western line to Churchgate │ to Dahanu Road 3.111 Andheri Western Express Highway Gundavali Line 7 4.118 Western Express Highway Mahakali Caves Road Guru Hargovindji Road 5.382 Chakala (J B Nagar) 6.107 Airport Road 6.705 Marol Naka Line 3 (under construction) Mithi River 7.78 Saki Naka 8.903 Asalpha 9.765 Jagruti Nagar Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg 10.821 Ghatkopar Central line to Mumbai CST │ to Kalyan
Location

The Andheri station is connected with the Andheri railway station's foot-over bridge through a skywalk.^[5][6][7] MMOPL later built a shorter connector that reduced the time taken by commuters to switch systems.^[8]

Metro rake approaching Andheri station

Andheri – Platform board

Like other Line 1 stations, the interior walls of Andheri station are embellished with murals. The designs at Andheri were styled by three third-year architecture students: Shamika Desai, Misri Patel, and Shriya Sanil.^[9]

History

In February 2017, MMOPL announced that Andheri station would be rebranded as Bank of Baroda Andheri Metro station, as part of a sponsorship deal.^[10][11] In April 2021, following the expiration of Bank of Baroda’s sponsorship, the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) took over the sponsorship, leading to another rebranding of the station.^[12]

Station layout

L1 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1	→      Line 1 toward Ghatkopar (Western Express Highway) →
Platform 2	←      Line 1 toward Versova (Azad Nagar)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover, food stalls, coffee/tea stalls, flea sales (at times they allow stalls for sales like clothes, jewelry, food items, small collectibles, etc.)
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance

Connections

Entrances and exits

Andheri metro station exits [1]
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3	Gate No-4 🛗 ♿	Gate No-5A	Gate No-5B	Gate No-5C	Gate No-5D	Gate No-5E
Near Nagardas Road	Near Ganesh Temple/Towards Vishal Hall	Near Andheri Court	—	Near Pay n Park	—	—	Near Prasadam Hotel	Towards Agarkar Chowk Bus Depot

See also

• Public transport in Mumbai
• List of Mumbai Metro stations
• List of rapid transit systems in India
• List of Metro Systems

References

1. "Andheri metro station layout". reliancemumbaimetro.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
2. Mehta, Manthank (5 December 2023). "Metro 1 ridership touches 90cr in 9 yrs of operation". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
3. "Mumbai Metro hits tracks, and handful of speed bumps". mid-day. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
4. "Metro 1: Metro I sees 20% increase in its ridership in a year | Mumbai News - Times of India".
5. Ateeq Shaikh (31 March 2014). "Ghatkopar railway station to soon to be integrated with metro station". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
6. FPJ Bureau (12 June 2014). "Commuters sandwiched between Mumbai Metro and railways". Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
7. Mehta, Manthan K (8 June 2014). "Andheri, Ghatkopar stations ill-prepared for commuter surge". The Times of India.
8. "Metro I sees 20% increase in its ridership in a year". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
9. Tatke, Sukhada (9 June 2014). "Murals breathe life into Mumbai Metro stations". The Hindu.
10. "Andheri Metro station re-branded". Asian Age. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
11. "Mumbai: Andheri metro station renamed". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
12. "LIC acquires branding rights for Andheri Metro station". 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2024.

External links

• The official site of Mumbai Metro
• UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.