Western Express Highway metro station
 Western Express Highway | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Western Express Highway metro station in January 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Location | Andheri-Kurla Road, next to Andheri Flyover, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400069 India | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 19°6′56″N 72°51′23″E / 19.11556°N 72.85639°E | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Owned by | Mumbai Metro One (MMOPL) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Operated by | MMOPL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Transit authority |  Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Blue Line 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 (2 side platforms) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Structure type | Elevated, Double track | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Platform levels | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accessible | Yes[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Station code | WEH | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Opened | 8 June 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
History
[edit]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
[edit]| L2 | Side platform | Doors will open on the left 
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| Eastbound | 1 toward Ghatkopar (Chakala (J B Nagar)) → | |
| Westbound | ← 1 toward Versova (Andheri) | |
| Side platform | Doors will open on the left
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| L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
| G | Street level | Exit/Entrance |
Facilities
[edit]List of food outlets available are: Monginis, Burger King, Jumbo King, KFC, Warana Milk, Starbucks,[8] Belgian Waffle and McDonalds.
Connections
[edit]The station is an interchange station between Lines 1 and 7 of the Metro with a foot over bridge facility.
Entrances and exits
[edit]- 1 - Near Landmark Building, Suren Road[1]
- 2 - Near Gurunanak Petrol Pump[1]
- 3 - Near BABA House, The Summit Business Bay
[1] - 4 - Near Mehta Industrial Estate, Holy Family Church[1]
- 5 - Not Operational[1]
- 6 - Near Hotel Laxmi Punjab [1]
- 7 - Near Metro Avenue Building[1]
- 8 - Toward Highway Exit, Maharaja Restaurant[1]
See also
[edit]- Public transport in Mumbai
- List of Mumbai Metro stations
- List of rapid transit systems in India
- List of Metro Systems
- Western Express Highway
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Western Express Highway metro station layout". reliancemumbaimetro.com. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
- ^ "Making sense of the Mumbai Metro". 13 April 2014.
- ^ "Mumbai Metro hits tracks, and handful of speed bumps". mid-day. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
- ^ "Andheri Metro station re-branded". Asian Age. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Mumbai: Andheri metro station renamed". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Mumbai: MMRDA completes 58m-long FOB linking 2 metro lines in 15 days". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
- ^ "PM Modi inaugurates two new Mumbai Metro Lines, projects in Maharashtra". WION. Retrieved 8 August 2023.
- ^ "TATA Starbucks introduces its first metro store in India". The Economic Times. 10 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
External links
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- The official site of Mumbai Metro
- UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.