Western Express Highway metro station

Mumbai Metro's Blue Line 1 metro station

Western Express Highway

Mumbai Metro 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 / 19.11556; 72.85639
Transit authority| Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)
Line(s)| Line 1
Platforms| 2 (2 side platforms)
Tracks| 2
Connections|

* Gundavali:
* Line 7

Construction
Structure type| Elevated, Double track
Platform levels| 1
Parking| No
Accessible| Yes[1]
Other information
Station code| WEH
History
Opened| 8 June 2014; 10 years ago (2014-06-08)
Services
| Preceding station  |  Mumbai Metro One | Following station

|
|

Andheri

towards Versova

|  | Line 1 |  | Chakala (J.B.Nagar)

towards Ghatkopar

Out-of-system interchange
Preceding station  |  Mumbai Metro | Following station
Mogra

towards Dahisar East

|  | Line 7

transfer at Gundavali

|  | Terminus

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

| Marol Naka

| Line 3

|  |

|  |

Mithi River

|  |

7.78

| Saki Naka
|  |

8.903

| Asalpha
|  |

9.765

| Jagruti Nagar
|  |

|  |

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.

Western Express HIghway metro station Starbucks outlet opened in July 2024

## History

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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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Platforms | Side platform, doors will open on the left

|

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

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List of food outlets available are: Monginis, Burger King, Jumbo King, KFC, Warana Milk, Starbucks,[8] Belgian Waffle and McDonalds.

## Connections

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The station is an interchange station between Lines 1 and 7 of the Metro with a foot over bridge facility.

## Entrances and exits

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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

## See also

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* Public transport in Mumbai
* List of Mumbai Metro stations
* List of rapid transit systems in India
* List of Metro Systems
* Western Express Highway

Portals:

* Train
* Transport
* Engineering

## References

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1. ^ a b "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.

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mumbai Metro.

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Mumbai.

* The official site of Mumbai Metro
* UrbanRail.Net – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

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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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