Chennai International Airport metro station

NLC India Airport Metro
Chennai Metro station
Outside view of NLC India's Airport metro station
General information
Other names	Chennai International Airport
Location	Meenambakkam, Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600016 India
Coordinates	12°58′51″N 80°09′51″E / 12.980806°N 80.164197°E / 12.980806; 80.164197
Owned by	Chennai Metro
Operated by	Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL)
Line(s)	Blue Line  Inter Corridor Line
Platforms	Side 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
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated, Double track
Accessible	Yes
Other information
Station code	SAP
History
Opened	21 September 2016; 7 years ago (2016-09-21)
Electrified	Single-phase 25 kV, 50 Hz AC through overhead catenary
Passengers
2019	9,000/day[1]
Rank	3
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 towards Chennai Beach South Line transfer at Tirusulam Pallavaram towards Tambaram, Chengalpattu Junction or Villupuram Junction
Route map Legend Chennai Suburban Railway West South Line Wimco Nagar Depot Wimco Nagar Depot Wimco Nagar Tiruvottriyur Thiruvottriyur Theradi Kaladipet Toll Gate New Washermanpet Tondiarpet Sir Theagaraya College Washermanpet Mannadi High Court Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line M.G.R Central Green Line Green Line Cooum River Government Estate LIC Thousand Lights Purple Line AG – DMS Teynampet Nandanam Orange Line Saidapet Adyar River Little Mount Guindy Chennai Suburban Railway South Line & South West Line Kathipara Junction Arignar Anna Alandur Green LineRed Line Green Line Nanganallur Road Meenambakkam Chennai International Airport Pallavaram Kothandam Nagar Chromepet Mahalakshmi Colony Thiru.Vi.Ka Nagar Tambaram Irumbuliyur Peerkankaranai Perungalathur Vandalur Arignar Anna Zoological Park Kilambakkam Chennai Suburban Railway South Line
Location

NLC India Airport Metro (formerly known as 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.^[2] The station enables rapid transit connectivity with the airport, making Chennai the second city in India after Delhi to achieve this.^[3]