Andheri metro station explained


अंधेरी
Native Name:Andheri
Type:Mumbai Metro One station
Style:Mumbai Metro One
Address:Andheri railway station, Mathuradas Vasanji Road, Andheri, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400069
Coordinates:19.1206°N 72.8481°W
Structure:Elevated, Double track
Platform:2 (2 side platforms)
Levels:1
Tracks:2
Parking:No
Accessible:Yes[1]
Code:AND
Operator:Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)
Passengers:86,218[2]
Pass Year:2023
Pass Rank:2 out of 12
Map State:collapsed
Mapframe:yes
Mapframe-Marker:rail
Mapframe-Zoom:14

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

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
Platform 1 toward Ghatkopar (Western Express Highway)
Platform 2← toward Versova (Azad Nagar)
MMezzanineFare 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.)
GStreet levelExit/Entrance

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Andheri metro station layout. reliancemumbaimetro.com. December 30, 2023.
  2. Web site: Metro 1 ridership touches 90cr in 9 yrs of operation. . 5 December 2023 . Manthank . Mehta . 20 January 2024.
  3. Web site: Mumbai Metro hits tracks, and handful of speed bumps. 21 June 2014. mid-day. 30 November 2014.
  4. Web site: Metro 1: Metro I sees 20% increase in its ridership in a year | Mumbai News - Times of India.
  5. Web site: Ateeq Shaikh . Ghatkopar railway station to soon to be integrated with metro station . Dnaindia.com . 2014-03-31 . 2014-06-17.
  6. Web site: FPJ Bureau . Commuters sandwiched between Mumbai Metro and railways . Free Press Journal . 12 June 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182511/http://freepressjournal.in/commuters-sandwiched-between-mumbai-metro-and-railways/ . 14 July 2014 .
  7. Web site: Manthan K . Mehta. Andheri, Ghatkopar stations ill-prepared for commuter surge. The Times of India. 8 June 2014.
  8. Web site: Metro I sees 20% increase in its ridership in a year. The Times of India. 14 March 2017.
  9. News: Tatke. Sukhada. Murals breathe life into Mumbai Metro stations. The Hindu. 9 June 2014.
  10. Web site: Andheri Metro station re-branded. Asian Age. 21 February 2017. 21 February 2017.
  11. Web site: Mumbai: Andheri metro station renamed. Free Press Journal. 21 February 2017.
  12. Web site: LIC acquires branding rights for Andheri Metro station . 22 April 2021 . 22 January 2024.