Public transportation within Andheri is typically handled by
BEST buses,
metro and
auto-rickshaws. The
Andheri railway station is among the busiest railway stations in the city. The expansion of the
Mumbai Metro in the
Versova-Andheri-Ghatkopar corridor is part of the government's master
transportation plan.
Mumbai Metro Blue Line 1 of the
Mumbai Metro spans the entire suburb of Andheri (
Andheri metro station) connecting
Versova in the west to
Ghatkopar in the Eastern Suburbs, covering a distance of . It is fully elevated, and consists of 12 stations, nine of which are in Andheri. Work on the corridor began on 8 February 2008. A cable stay bridge over Western Express Highway and a Steel Bridge spanning the
Western railway line were completed at the end of 2012. The line opened for service on 8 June 2014. Approximately 85 million passengers used the line in the first 11 months of service. Blue Line 1 provides intersected connectivity with: •
Central Railway at
Ghatkopar leading to
Ghatkopar railway station •
Aqua Line 3 at
Marol Naka via the underground station •
Gundavali station of
Red Line 7 at
WEH Metro station •
Western and
Harbour railway lines at
Andheri •
Andheri West station of
Yellow Line 2A at
DN Nagar Metro Pink Line 6 will function from
Lokhandwala to
Kanjurmarg via
Jogeshwari of 14.5 km long, expected to open from 2024. ==Areas==