Western Express Highway metro station

Western Express Highway is an elevated metro station on the Blue Line 1 of Mumbai Metro serving the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India. It is the flagship station of the line^[2] and was opened to the public on 8 June 2014.

Western Express HIghway metro station

Starbucks outlet opened in July 2024

पश्चिम द्रुतगती महामार्ग Western Express Highway
Mumbai Metro One station
Western Express Highway metro station in January 2024
General information
Location	Andheri-Kurla Road, next to Andheri Flyover, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400069
Coordinates	19°6′56″N 72°51′23″E
Operated by	Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Connections	Gundavali:       Line 7
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes[1]
Other information
Station code	WEH
History
Opened	8 June 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-08)
Services
Preceding station Mumbai Metro One Following station Andheri towards Versova Line 1 Chakala (J.B.Nagar) towards Ghatkopar
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   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

History

The Western Express Highway station was opened to the public on 8 June 2014.^[3] In August 2016, the MMOPL announced that Western Express Highway station would be rebranded as MagicBricks WEH Metro station, as part of a sponsorship deal.^[4][5]

On 29 November 2022, the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority completed construction of a 58 metre long foot overbridge connecting the station with Gundavali on Line 7.^[6] Gundavali station was opened to the public on 20 January 2023.^[7]

Station layout

L1 Platforms	Side platform, doors will open on the left
Platform 1	→      Line 1 toward Ghatkopar (Chakala (J.B. Nagar)) →
Platform 2	←      Line 1 toward Versova (Andheri)
Side platform, doors will open on the left
M	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
G	Street level	Exit/Entrance

Facilities

List of food outlets available are: Monginis, Burger King, Jumbo King, KFC, Warana Milk, Starbucks,^[8] Belgian Waffle and McDonalds.

Connections

The station is an interchange station between Lines 1 and 7 of the Metro with a foot over bridge facility.

Entrances and exits

Western Express Highway metro station exits [1]
Gate No-1	Gate No-2	Gate No-3 🛗 ♿	Gate No-4	Gate No-5	Gate No-6 🛗 ♿	Gate No-7	Gate No-8
Near Landmark Building	Near Gurunanak Petrol Pump	Near BABA House	Near Mehta Industrial Estate	Not Operational	Near Hotel Laxmi Punjab	Near Metro Avenue Building	Toward Highway Exit
Suren Road	—	The Summit Business Bay	Holy Family Church	—	—	—	Maharaja Restaurant

See also

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

References

1. "Western Express Highway metro station layout". reliancemumbaimetro.com. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
2. "Making sense of the Mumbai Metro". 13 April 2014.
3. "Mumbai Metro hits tracks, and handful of speed bumps". mid-day. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
4. "Andheri Metro station re-branded". Asian Age. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
5. "Mumbai: Andheri metro station renamed". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
6. "Mumbai: MMRDA completes 58m-long FOB linking 2 metro lines in 15 days". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
7. "PM Modi inaugurates two new Mumbai Metro Lines, projects in Maharashtra". WION. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
8. "TATA Starbucks introduces its first metro store in India". The Economic Times. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 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.