Andheri_metro_station Knowpia

Route map
	Legend
Line 1
	Line 3
	(under construction)

Andheri
; Andheri
Mumbai Metro One station
	Andheri metro station in June 2023
General information
Location	Andheri railway station, Mathuradas Vasanji Road, Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400069
Coordinates	19°7′14″N 72°50′53″E / 19.12056°N 72.84806°E
Operated by	Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)
Line(s)	Line 1
Platforms	2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Platform levels	1
Parking	No
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	AND
History
Opened	8 June 2014; 9 years ago
Passengers
2023	86,218
Rank	2 out of 12
Services
Out-of-system interchange
Route map
Route map
	Legend
Line 1
	Line 3
	(under construction)
Location

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]

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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

Entrances and exits edit

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

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Andheri metro station layout". reliancemumbaimetro.com. Retrieved 30 December 2023.
^ Mehta, Manthank (5 December 2023). "Metro 1 ridership touches 90cr in 9 yrs of operation". The Times of India. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
^ "Mumbai Metro hits tracks, and handful of speed bumps". mid-day. 21 June 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2014.
^ "Metro 1: Metro I sees 20% increase in its ridership in a year | Mumbai News - Times of India".
^ Ateeq Shaikh (31 March 2014). "Ghatkopar railway station to soon to be integrated with metro station". Dnaindia.com. Retrieved 17 June 2014.
^ FPJ Bureau (12 June 2014). "Commuters sandwiched between Mumbai Metro and railways". Free Press Journal. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
^ Mehta, Manthan K (8 June 2014). "Andheri, Ghatkopar stations ill-prepared for commuter surge". The Times of India.
^ "Metro I sees 20% increase in its ridership in a year". The Times of India. Retrieved 14 March 2017.
^ Tatke, Sukhada (9 June 2014). "Murals breathe life into Mumbai Metro stations". The Hindu.
^ "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.
^ "LIC acquires branding rights for Andheri Metro station". 22 April 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2024.