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Andheri (Officially, LIC Andheri), is a metro station on Line 1 of the
Mumbai Metro The Mumbai Metro is a rapid transit (MRT) system serving the city of Mumbai and the wider Mumbai Metropolitan Region in Maharashtra, India.Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority is responsible authority for maintaining the metro system ...
serving the
Andheri Andheri ( n̪d̪ʱeɾiː is a locality in the western part of the city of Mumbai in India. Udayanagari, the name of a hill near the Mahakali caves, inspired the name Andheri. On the former islet of Versova, also known as Vasave, there was ano ...
suburb of
Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...
, India. It was opened to the public on 8 June 2014. After
Ghatkopar Ghatkopar (Pronunciation: ʱaːʈkopəɾ is a suburb in eastern Mumbai. The area is served by the railway station on the Central Line of the Mumbai Suburban Railway and the metro station on Line 1 of the Mumbai Metro. History Ghatkopar in ...
, Andheri is the busiest station on Line 1, with a daily passenger traffic of 72,125 in February 2017. The Andheri station is connected with the
Andheri railway station Andheri (station code: A (Western)/AD (Harbour)/ADH (Indian Railways)) is a passenger rail station located at Andheri suburb of Mumbai. It serves the Western line and Harbour lines of the Mumbai Suburban Railway. It is also a stop for some exp ...
's foot-over bridge through a skywalk. MMOPL later built a shorter connector that reduced the time taken by commuters to switch systems. 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.


History

In February 2017, MMOPL announced that Andheri station would be rebranded as
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Andheri Metro station, as part of a sponsorship deal.


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Public transport in Mumbai Public transport in Mumbai involves the transport of millions of its citizens by train, road, and water. As of 2015, 52% of commuters use public transport. Mumbai has the largest organized bus transport network among major Indian cities. Mumb ...
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List of Mumbai Metro stations This is a list of all stations of the Mumbai Metro, a rapid transit system serving Mumbai in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region of India. The Mumbai Metro is the Fifth transit system to be built in India. The first line of the Mumbai Metro was opene ...
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External links


The official site of Mumbai Metro

''UrbanRail.Net''
– descriptions of all metro systems in the world, each with a schematic map showing all stations. {{Mumbai Metro navbox Mumbai Metro stations Railway stations in India opened in 2014 2014 establishments in Maharashtra Andheri