Western Express Highway metro station
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Mumbai Metro station | |||||||||||
General information | |||||||||||
Location | Mathuradas Vasanji Road, Mota Nagar, Andheri (East), Mumbai | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 19°06′57″N 72°51′23″E / 19.115787°N 72.856394°E | ||||||||||
Owned by | Mumbai Metro One Private Limited (MMOPL) | ||||||||||
Operated by | Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL) | ||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platform
Platform-1 → Ghatkopar Platform-2 → Versova | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
Platform levels | 3 | ||||||||||
Parking | No | ||||||||||
Accessible | Yes | ||||||||||
Other information | |||||||||||
Station code | WEH | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | June 8, 2014 | ||||||||||
Electrified | 25 kV 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary | ||||||||||
Services | |||||||||||
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Western Express Highway, abbreviated to WEH, (rebranded as MagicBricks WEH due to a naming rights deal) is a metro station on Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro serving the Andheri suburb of Mumbai, India. It is the flagship station of the line[1] and was opened to the public on 8 June 2014.
History
In August 2016, MMOPL announced that WEH station would be rebranded as MagicBricks WEH Metro station, as part of a sponsorship deal.[2][3]
Station layout
G | Street Level | Exit/Entrance |
L1 | Mezzanine | Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover |
L2 | Side platform No- 1, doors will open on the left | |
Eastbound | Towards →Ghatkopar | |
Westbound | →Towards ←Versova | |
Side platform No- 2, doors will open on the left | ||
L2 |
Facilities
List of available ATM at Western Express Highway metro station are
Connections
The station will be an interchange station between Lines 1 and 7 of the Metro once the latter is commissioned.
Exits
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Gallery
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See also
- Public transport in Mumbai
- List of Mumbai Metro stations
- List of rapid transit systems in India
- List of Metro Systems
- Western Express Highway
References
- ^ http://www.mid-day.com/articles/making-sense-of-the-mumbai-metro/15226083
- ^ "Andheri Metro station re-branded". Asian Age. 21 February 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
- ^ "Mumbai: Andheri metro station renamed". Free Press Journal. Retrieved 21 February 2017.
External links
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.