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{{Infobox station
| name = [[File:Mumbai_Metro_Line_1_logo.png|70px|link=Mumbai_Metro]] Andheri
| type = '''[[Mumbai Metro]]''' '''[[List of Mumbai metro stations|station]]'''
| style = Mumbai Metro
| image = Bank of Baroda Andheri - Station board.jpg
| image_size =
| image_caption =
| address = [[Andheri]], Mumbai
| coordinates = {{coord|19.120791|N|72.848132|E}}
| line = {{color box|#000080; font-size:100%|[[Line 1 (Mumbai Metro)|'''Blue Line 1''']]|}}
| other =
| structure = [[Elevated]]
| platform = 2 [[side platform]]
Platform-1 → [[Ghatkopar metro station|Ghatkopar]] Platform-2 → [[Versova metro station|Versova]]
| operator = Mumbai Metro One Pvt Ltd (MMOPL)
| depth =
| levels = 3
| tracks = 2
| parking = No
| bicycle =
| opened = {{start date and age|2014|June|8|mf=yes}}
| closed =
| rebuilt =
| electrified = 25 kV 50 Hz AC through [[overhead catenary]]
| ADA = Yes {{access icon}}
| code = AND
| owned = [[Mumbai Metro One Private Limited]] (MMOPL)
| zone =
| smartcardname =
| smartcardstatus =
| former =
| passengers = 72,125
| pass_year = February 2017
| pass_rank = 2nd
| pass_percent =
| pass_system = daily
| mpassengers =
| services = {{s-rail|title=Mumbai Metro}}
{{s-line|system=Mumbai Metro|line=1|previous=Azad Nagar |next=Western Express Highway}}
| map_type = Mumbai
| map_dot_label = Andheri
| map_size = 300
| route_map = {{MM Line 1}}
| map_state = collapsed
}}

'''Andheri''' (known as '''[[Bank of Baroda]] Andheri''', due to a naming rights deal) is a metro station on [[Line 1 (Mumbai Metro)|Line 1]] of the [[Mumbai Metro]] serving the [[Andheri]] suburb of [[Mumbai]], India. It was opened to the public on 8 June 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mid-day.com/articles/mumbai-metro-hits-tracks-and-handful-of-speed-bumps/15363181|title=Mumbai Metro hits tracks, and handful of speed bumps|date=21 June 2014|work=mid-day|accessdate=30 November 2014}}</ref> After [[Ghatkopar metro station|Ghatkopar]], Andheri is the busiest station on Line 1, with a daily passenger traffic of 72,125 in February 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/metro-i-sees-20-increase-in-its-ridership-in-a-year/articleshow/57621545.cms|title=Metro 1: Metro I sees 20% increase in its ridership in a year | Mumbai News - Times of India}}</ref>

The Andheri station is connected with the [[Andheri railway station]]'s foot-over bridge through a skywalk.<ref>{{cite web|author=Ateeq Shaikh |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-ghatkopar-railway-station-to-soon-to-be-integrated-with-metro-station-1973677 |title=Ghatkopar railway station to soon to be integrated with metro station |publisher=Dnaindia.com |date=2014-03-31 |accessdate=2014-06-17}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=FPJ Bureau |url=http://freepressjournal.in/commuters-sandwiched-between-mumbai-metro-and-railways/ |title=Commuters sandwiched between Mumbai Metro and railways |work=Free Press Journal |date=12 June 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714182511/http://freepressjournal.in/commuters-sandwiched-between-mumbai-metro-and-railways/ |archivedate=14 July 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Manthan K |last=Mehta|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/Andheri-Ghatkopar-stations-ill-prepared-for-commuter-surge/articleshow/36221743.cms|title=Andheri, Ghatkopar stations ill-prepared for commuter surge|work=The Times of India|date=8 June 2014}}</ref> MMOPL later built a shorter connector that reduced the time taken by commuters to switch systems.<ref>{{cite web|title=Metro I sees 20% increase in its ridership in a year|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/mumbai/metro-i-sees-20-increase-in-its-ridership-in-a-year/articleshow/57621545.cms|website=The Times of India|accessdate=14 March 2017}}</ref>
[[File:Mumbai Line 1 metro rake.jpg|thumb|Metro rake approaching Andheri station]]

[[File:Bank of Baroda Andheri - Platform board.jpg|thumb|Bank of Baroda Andheri – Platform board]]

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.<ref>{{cite news|last=Tatke|first=Sukhada|url=http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/murals-breathe-life-into-mumbai-metro-stations/article6095555.ece|title=Murals breathe life into Mumbai Metro stations|work=The Hindu|date=9 June 2014}}</ref>

==History==
In February 2017, MMOPL announced that Andheri station would be rebranded as [[Bank of Baroda]] Andheri Metro station, as part of a sponsorship deal.<ref>{{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|accessdate=21 February 2017|date=21 February 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Mumbai: Andheri metro station renamed|url=http://www.freepressjournal.in/mumbai/mumbai-andheri-metro-station-renamed/1022594|website=Free Press Journal|accessdate=21 February 2017}}</ref>

== Station layout ==
{|table border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=3
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;border-top:solid 1px gray;" width=50 valign=top|'''G'''
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100 valign=top|Street level
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500 valign=top|Exit/Entrance
|-
|valign=top|'''L1'''
|valign=top|Mezzanine
|valign=top|Fare control, station agent, Metro Card vending machines, crossover, food stalls, coffee/tea stalls, flea sales (at times they allow stalls for sales like clothes, jewelry, food items, small collectibles, etc.) 
|-
|style="border-top:solid 1px gray;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=4 valign=top|'''L2'''
|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|[[Side platform]] No- 1, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|'''Eastbound'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|Towards →[[Ghatkopar metro station|Ghatkopar]]
|-
|'''Westbound'''
|→Towards ←[[Versova metro station|Versova]]
|-
|style="border-top:solid 2px black;border-right:solid 2px black;border-left:solid 2px black;border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" colspan=2 align=center|[[Side platform]] No- 2, doors will open on the left {{access icon}}
|-
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=50 rowspan=2 valign=top|'''L2'''
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=100|
|style="border-bottom:solid 1px gray;" width=500|
|-
|}

==Connections==
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==Exits==

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==Gallery==

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==See also==
*[[Public transport in Mumbai]]
*[[List of Mumbai Metro stations]]
*[[Rapid transit in India|List of rapid transit systems in India]]
*[[List of Metro Systems]]

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==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==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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