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Andheri ([ən̪d̪ʱeɾiː]) is a suburb situated in Western Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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Andheri | |
|---|---|
Suburb | |
  Andheri Location in Mumbai | |
| Coordinates: 19.119°N 72.847°E | |
| Country | India |
| State | Maharashtra |
| District | Mumbai Suburban |
| City | Mumbai |
| Government | |
| • Body | Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) |
| Language | |
| • Official | Marathi |
| Time zone | IST GMT+530 |
| PIN | 400069 (Andheri East), 400059 (J B Nagar, Marol), 400093 (MIDC), 400053 (Azad Nagar), 400058 (Andheri West), 400072 (Sakinaka, Saki Vihar), 400096 (Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone), 400099
(Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Sahar), 400049 (Juhu), 400061 (Versova) |
| Area code | 022 |
| Vehicle registration | MH 02 |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Mumbai North West |
For administrative purposes, Andheri is bifurcated into Andheri (west) and Andheri (east). Andheri (west) comes under K/W ward of the BMC, while Andheri (east) comes under the K/E ward of BMC.[1]
Andheri east and west are key areas in Mumbai, with several film studios and TV news channels.[2]
Andheri West has the head office of PVR INOX.[3]
Andheri was the founding point of the local ice cream brand Pastonji.[4]
The Andheri railway station is among the busiest railway stations in the city.[5] The expansion of the Mumbai Metro in the Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is a part of the government's master transportation plan.[6]
Mumbai Metro
Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro spans the entire suburb of Andheri (Andheri metro station)[7][8] connecting Versova in the west to Ghatkopar in the Eastern Suburbs, covering a distance of 11.4 kilometres (7.1 mi).[9] It is fully elevated, and consists of 12 stations, nine of which are in Andheri. Work on the corridor began on 8 February 2008. A cable stay bridge over Western Express Highway and a Steel Bridge spanning the Western railway line was completed at the end of 2012.[10] The line opened for service on 8 June 2014.[11] Approximately 85 million passengers used the line in the first 11 months of service.[12]
Metro 2A[13][14] intersects with Blue Line 1 at DN Nagar Metro and Metro 7 at WEH Metro station respectively in Andheri.
Pink Line 6[15] will function from Lokhandwala to Kanjurmarg via Jogeshwari of 14.5 km long, expected to open from 2024.
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