Western Express Highway metro station

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Western Express Highway metro station - Wikipedia

Coordinates: 19°6′56″N 72°51′23″E / 19.11556°N 72.85639°E

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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 / 19.11556°N 72.85639°E

Transit authority

Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)

Line(s)

Line 1

Platforms

2 (2 side platforms)

Tracks

Connections

Gundavali:
Line 7

Construction

Structure type

Elevated, Double track

Platform levels

Parking

Accessible

Yes^[1]

Other information

Station code

WEH

History

Opened

8 June 2014; 10 years ago

Services

Preceding station	Mumbai Metro One			Following station
Andheri towards Versova		Line 1		Chakala (J.B.Nagar) towards Ghatkopar

Route map

Legend

Line 1

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

7.78

8.903

9.765

Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg

10.821

Ghatkopar

Central line to Mumbai CST │ to Kalyan

Location

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

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 Eastbound	Line 1 toward Ghatkopar (Chakala (J.B. Nagar)) →
Platform 2 Westbound	← 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

References

^ ^a ^b "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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mumbai Metro.

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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.

v t e Mumbai Metro stations
Line 1	Versova D N Nagar ■ Azad Nagar Andheri Western Express Highway ■ Chakala (J B Nagar) Airport Road Marol Naka ■ Saki Naka Asalpha Jagruti Nagar Ghatkopar
Line 7	Dahisar East ■ Ovaripada Rashtriya Udyan Devipada Magathane Poisar Akurli Kurar Dindoshi Aarey Goregaon East Jogeshwari East Mogra Gundavali ■ Airport Colony CSMIA International
Depot(s)	■ Four Bungalows ■ Charkop & Bhayandar (Planned)
* Stations in Italics are Under Construction.

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