Chennai International Airport metro station

Chennai International Airport is an elevated southern terminal metro station on the North-South Corridor of the Blue Line of Chennai Metro in Chennai, India. This station serves the Chennai International Airport and the neighbourhoods of Meenambakkam, Tirusulam, Pallavaram, Pammal, Kundrathur and Tambaram. The station is the only elevated airport metro station in India. The other airport metro stations in the country such as those in Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and the proposed ones at Bangalore and Hyderabad are underground. The station enables rapid transit connectivity with the airport, making Chennai the second city in India after Delhi to achieve this.


Chennai International Airport
Chennai Metro station
Chennai International Airport metro station
General information
LocationMeenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600016
India
Coordinates12.980806°N 80.164197°E / 12.980806; 80.164197
Owned byChennai Metro
Operated byChennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)Blue Line  Inter Corridor Line 
PlatformsSide platform
Platform-1 → Train Terminates Here (to be extended to Kilambakkam in the future)
Platform-2 → Wimco Nagar Depot and Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G Ramachandran Central Metro
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated, Double track
AccessibleYes
Other information
Station codeSAP
History
Opened21 September 2016 (2016-09-21)
ElectrifiedSingle-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
20199,000/day
Rank3
Services
Preceding station Chennai Metro Following station
Meenambakkam
towards Wimco Nagar Depot
Blue Line Terminus
Blue Line
(Future Service)
Pallavaram
towards Kilambakkam
Preceding station Chennai Suburban Following station
Meenambakkam South Line
transfer at Tirusulam
Pallavaram
towards Chengalpattu Junction or Viluppuram Junction
Location
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