Andheri railway station

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Andheri
अंधेरी
Mumbai Suburban Railway station
New Andheri Station East.jpg
Andheri Station East Side
Station statistics
Address Andheri
Coordinates 19°07′09″N 72°50′49″E / 19.119167°N 72.846944°E / 19.119167; 72.846944Coordinates: 19°07′09″N 72°50′49″E / 19.119167°N 72.846944°E / 19.119167; 72.846944
Lines Western Line, Harbour Line
Structure Standard on-ground station
Platforms 9
Other information
Code A (Western Line)
AD (Harbour Line)
Owned by Ministry of Railways, Indian Railways
Fare zone Western Railways
'Andheri
अंधेरी'
New Andheri Station Bldg East 1.jpg
Newly built Andheri Station East Side
Location
Coordinates 19°07′09″N 72°50′49″E / 19.119167°N 72.846944°E / 19.119167; 72.846944Coordinates: 19°07′09″N 72°50′49″E / 19.119167°N 72.846944°E / 19.119167; 72.846944
City Mumbai
District Mumbai Suburban District
State Maharashtra
Elevation MSL +
Station Info & Facilities
Structure Standard (on ground station)
Station status Functioning
Connections Mumbai Suburban Railway
Operation
Code ADH
Division(s) Mumbai
Zone(s) Western Railways
History

Andheri is a railway station on the Western line and Harbour line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway network. It also serves long ditance trains on the Indian Railways network.

A INR103 crore makeover is planned for Andheri, Jogeshwari and Goregaon stations. The plan includes building a 1.1-m wide heavy duty escalators will be installed that will allow commuters to descend straight on the elevated deck and FOB linked to all platforms. Escalators will be installed at the stations, each of which will also get a new platform. The work is being carried out by the Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation (MRVC) under the Mumbai Urban Transport Project-II. Existing booking offices and platforms in use for Harbour line services on the west side of Andheri station will be demolished. A single-storey building with an area of 25,000 sq ft is being constructed. An elevated podium will house booking windows and other railway stalls.

At Andheri, platform numbers 6 and 7, currently used for Harbour line services, will be demolished. A new home platform will be built north of the existing location to align it with other platforms. Platform no.1 in Andheri is a home platform for WR's slow services heading towards Borivli. In future, platform no.1 will become an island platform with its one side catering to trains heading to CST and the other to Borivli-bound slow trains.

Andheri has a total of nine platforms and this number will not change after the remodelling. Structures adjacent to platform no.1 in Andheri, like booking offices, will be demolished to pave the way for laying of tracks up to Goregaon.

As of now, 86 services operate between Andheri and CST on Harbour line. As Harbour line services are few and far between compared to WR services, there will be a window to operate Andheri locals for Churchgate from the Harbour line platform.

The work is expected to be completed by March 2014.

[edit] Important long distance trains halting at Andheri

Andheri
Next station south:
Vile Parle railway station
Mumbai Suburban Railway : Western Line Next station north:
Jogeshwari railway station
Stop No: 15 KM from start: 22 Platforms: 9
Andheri
Preceding station:
Vile Parle railway station
Mumbai Suburban Railway : Harbour Line Following station:
Terminus
Stop No: 14 KM from start: 22 Platforms: 2

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