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Western Express Highway metro station

{{Short description|Mumbai Metro's Blue Line 1 metro station}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}

{{Use Indian English|date=January 2016}}

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| name = File:Logo of Mumbai Metro Line 1.svg

| native_name = Western Express Highway

| type = Mumbai Metro One station

| style = Mumbai Metro One

| image = WEH metro station.jpg

| image_caption = Western Express Highway metro station in January 2024

| address = Andheri-Kurla Road, next to Andheri Flyover, Andheri (E), Mumbai - 400069

| coordinates = {{coord|19|6|56|N|72|51|23|E|display=inline,title}}

| line = {{rcb|Mumbai Metro|Blue|croute}}

| other = {{ric|Mumbai Metro}} {{rcb|Mumbai Metro|Red|croute}} Gundavali

| structure = Elevated, Double track

| platform = 2 (2 side platforms)

| owned = Mumbai Metro One (MMOPL)

| operator = MMOPL

| transit_authority = 18px MMRDA

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| levels = 1

| tracks = 2

| parking = No

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| opened = {{start date and age|2014|June|8|df=yes}}

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| accessible = Yes{{cite web|title=Western Express Highway metro station layout|website=reliancemumbaimetro.com|access-date=January 1, 2024|url=https://www.reliancemumbaimetro.com/images/station-layout/western%20express%20highway.jpg}}

| code = WEH

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system=Mumbai Metro One|line=1|left=Andheri |right=Chakala (J.B.Nagar)|header3=Out-of-system interchange|system4=Mumbai Metro|line4=7||left4=Mogra|transfer4=Gundavali }}

| route_map = {{MM Line 1}}

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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{{Cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/making-sense-of-the-mumbai-metro/15226083|title = Making sense of the Mumbai Metro|date = 13 April 2014}} and was opened to the public on 8 June 2014.

File:Western Express HIghway metro station.jpg

File:Mumbai Metro WEH Starbucks.webp outlet opened in July 2024]]

History

The Western Express Highway station was opened to the public on 8 June 2014.{{cite web |date=21 June 2014 |title=Mumbai Metro hits tracks, and handful of speed bumps |url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-metro-hits-tracks-and-handful-of-speed-bumps/15363181 |accessdate=30 November 2014 |work=mid-day}} 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.{{cite web|title=Andheri Metro station re-branded|url=http://www.asianage.com/metros/mumbai/210217/andheri-metro-station-re-branded.html|website=Asian Age|access-date=21 February 2017|date=21 February 2017}}{{cite web|title=Mumbai: Andheri metro station renamed|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-andheri-metro-station-renamed/1022594|website=Free Press Journal|access-date=21 February 2017}}

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.{{Cite web |title=Mumbai: MMRDA completes 58m-long FOB linking 2 metro lines in 15 days |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-mmrda-completes-58m-long-fob-linking-2-metro-lines-in-15-days |access-date=2023-11-03 |website=Free Press Journal |language=en}} Gundavali station was opened to the public on 20 January 2023.{{Cite web |title=PM Modi inaugurates two new Mumbai Metro Lines, projects in Maharashtra |url=https://www.wionews.com/india-news/pm-modi-flagged-off-mumbai-metro-new-line-inaugurates-projects-worth-rs38800-cr-554122 |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=WION |language=en-us}}

Station layout

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|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;vertical-align:top;border-top:solid 1px gray;" rowspan=4;|L1
Platforms

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 2px black;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Side platform, doors will open on the left}}

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=150|Platform 1

|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=390|{{0|→}} {{rcb|Mumbai Metro|1|yes}} toward Ghatkopar (Chakala (J.B. Nagar)) →

Platform 2

|← {{rcb|Mumbai Metro|1|yes}} toward Versova (Andheri)

style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;text-align:center;" colspan=2|{{small|Side platform, doors will open on the left}}
style="vertical-align:top"|M

|style="vertical-align:top"|Mezzanine

|style="vertical-align:top"|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover

style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=50 |G

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=100 |Street level

|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray; vertical-align:top" width=420 |Exit/Entrance

Facilities

List of food outlets available are: Monginis, Burger King, Jumbo King, KFC, Warana Milk, Starbucks,{{cite web|title=TATA Starbucks introduces its first metro store in India|website=The Economic Times|date=July 10, 2024|access-date=July 10, 2024|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/tata-starbucks-introduces-its-first-metro-store-in-india/articleshow/111631487.cms?utm_source=contentofinterest&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=cppst}} 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

  • 1 - Near Landmark Building, Suren Road
  • 2 - Near Gurunanak Petrol Pump
  • 3 - Near BABA House, The Summit Business Bay {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
  • 4 - Near Mehta Industrial Estate, Holy Family Church
  • 5 - Not Operational
  • 6 - Near Hotel Laxmi Punjab {{Access icon|15px|Wheelchair user access}}
  • 7 - Near Metro Avenue Building
  • 8 - Toward Highway Exit, Maharaja Restaurant

See also

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References

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External links

{{Commons|Mumbai Metro}}

{{Wikivoyage|Mumbai}}

  • [http://www.reliancemumbaimetro.com/ The official site of Mumbai Metro]
  • [http://www.urbanrail.net UrbanRail.Net] – descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations.

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