Western Express Highway metro station

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Western Express Highway
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Western Express Highway metro station in January 2024
General information
LocationAndheri-Kurla Road, next to Andheri Flyover, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400069
Flag of India.svg India
Coordinates 19°6′56″N72°51′23″E / 19.11556°N 72.85639°E / 19.11556; 72.85639
Owned by Mumbai Metro One (MMOPL)
Operated byMMOPL
Transit authority MMRDA logo cropped.svg Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA)
Line(s) Blue Line 1
Platforms2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks2
Connections
Construction
Structure type Elevated, Double track
Platform levels1
AccessibleYes [1]
Other information
Station codeWEH
History
Opened8 June 2014 (2014-06-08)
Services
Preceding station Logo of Mumbai Metro Line 1.svg Mumbai Metro One Following station
Andheri
towards Versova
Line 1 Chakala (J B Nagar)
towards Ghatkopar
Out-of-system interchange
Preceding station Mmmocl-logo-cropped.svg Mumbai Metro Following station
Mogra
towards Gundavali
Red Line 7
transfer at Gundavali
Terminus
Location
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.

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Western Express HIghway metro station
Starbucks outlet opened in July 2024 Mumbai Metro WEH Starbucks.webp
Starbucks outlet opened in July 2024

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

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Eastbound  1   toward Ghatkopar (Chakala (J B Nagar))
Westbound  1   toward Versova (Andheri)
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L1MezzanineFare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover
GStreet levelExit/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

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "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.