Andheri metro station

Mumbai Metro's Blue Line 1 metro station

19°7′14″N 72°50′53″E / 19.12056°N 72.84806°E / 19.12056; 72.84806Operated byMumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)Line(s)Line 1Platforms2 (2 side platforms)Tracks2ConstructionStructure typeElevated, Double trackPlatform levels1ParkingNoAccessibleYes[1]Other informationStation codeANDHistoryOpened8 June 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-08)Passengers202386,218[2]Rank2 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 Left arrow to Mumbai CST │ to Goregaon Right arrow
Western line Left arrow to Churchgate │ to Dahanu Road Right arrow
3.111
 Andheri
Andheri railway station
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
Airport interchange
6.705
 Marol Naka
Line 3
(under construction)
7.78
 Saki Naka
8.903
 Asalpha
9.765
 Jagruti Nagar
Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg
10.821
 Ghatkopar
Ghatkopar railway station
 Central line Left arrow to Mumbai CST │ to Kalyan Right arrow
Location
Map

Andheri (Officially known as LIC of India 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]

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

Portals:
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  • icon Engineering

References

  1. ^ a b "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

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