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{{Infobox station<br />
| name = [[File:Chennai Metro logo.svg|50px]]<br />Chennai International Airport<br />
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| caption = Chennai International Airport metro station<br />
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| type = [[Chennai Metro]] station<br />
| style = Chennai Metro<br />
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| coordinates = {{coord|12.980806|N|80.164197|E|display=inline,title}}<br />
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| line = {{rail color box|system=Chennai Metro|line=Blue}}<br />
| distance = <br />
| platforms = [[Side platform]]<br />
| levels = <br />
| tracks = 2<br />
| train_operators = <br />
| connections = <br />
| structure = Elevated<br />
| parking = <br />
| bicycle = <br />
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| opened = {{Start date|2016|09|21|df=y}}<br />
| closed = <!-- {{End date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --><br />
| passengers = 9,000/day<ref name="TH_UptickInRidership"/><br />
| pass_year = 2019<br />
| pass_rank = 3<br />
| services = {{S-rail|title=Chennai Metro}}<br />
{{S-line|system=Chennai Metro|line=Blue|previous=Meenambakkam|next=}}<br />
{{s-note|text=Out-of-system interchange}}<br />
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{{S-line|system=Chennai Suburban|line=South|previous=Meenambakkam|next=Pallavaram|transfer=Tirusulam|type 2=Tambaram}}<br />
| route_map = {{Chennai Metro Blue Line Route}}<br />
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| map_dot_label = Chennai International Airport metro station<br />
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The '''Chennai International Airport Metro Station''' is a [[Rapid transit|metro]] railway station on the [[Blue Line (Chennai Metro)|Blue Line]] of the [[Chennai Metro]]. The station serves the [[Chennai International Airport]] and the neighbourhoods of [[Meenambakkam]], [[Tirusulam]], [[Pallavaram]] and [[Pammal]].<br />
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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.<ref name="Hindu_AirportStationCompleted">{{cite news<br />
| last = Sekar <br />
| first = Sunitha <br />
| title = Metro rail station work at Chennai airport completed <br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages =<br />
| language =<br />
| date = 4 August 2014 <br />
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/chen-infra/metro-rail-station-work-at-chennai-airport-completed/article6278292.ece<br />
| access-date = 4 October 2014}}</ref><br />
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==Construction==<br />
The foundation for the station was laid on 24 May 2012. While the architectural and structural design of the station will be carried out by AAI in consultation with Creative Group, the interiors of the station will be designed by CMRL. The time frame for constructing the metro station is 14 months and the work has been awarded to URC Construction Company Private Limited, [[Erode]], at a cost of {{INR}} 480 million.<ref name="Hindu_WorkOnStationBegin">{{cite news<br />
| last = Sridhar <br />
| first = Asha <br />
| title = Work on airport metro station to begin soon <br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages =<br />
| language =<br />
| date = 24 May 2012 <br />
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3449812.ece<br />
| access-date = 9 Nov 2012}}</ref><br />
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By the end of July 2014, the structural work on the station was completed.<ref name="Hindu_AirportStationCompleted"/><br />
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==The station==<br />
The station building is a five-level terminal with a basement, ground floor, metro ground floor, concourse, and a platform. The station spans 17,300&nbsp;square&nbsp;meters. To help passengers alight directly from the international and domestic terminals, the concourse of the station will be linked to the glass connector tube that will connect the two terminals. The station will be an RCC shell structure building with self-supported secret fix aluminium roofing.<ref name="Hindu_WorkOnStationBegin"/><ref>{{cite news<br />
| last = Ayyappan <br />
| first = V. <br />
| title = AAI and CMRL firmed up to build the airport metro station <br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages =<br />
| language =<br />
| date = 9 March 2012 <br />
| url = http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-09/chennai/31139420_1_metro-station-cmrl-passenger-terminals<br />
| archive-url = https://archive.today/20130216070034/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-03-09/chennai/31139420_1_metro-station-cmrl-passenger-terminals<br />
| url-status = dead<br />
| archive-date = 16 February 2013<br />
| newspaper = [[The Times of India]]<br />
| access-date = 6 Jan 2013}}</ref><br />
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The station is one of the few in the corridor that will have parking facilities.<ref name="SingleTrainTrip_16Buses300Cars600Bikes">{{cite news<br />
| last = <br />
| first = <br />
| title = Single train trip to equal 16 buses, 300 cars and 600 bikes <br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages =<br />
| language =<br />
| date = 29 August 2012 <br />
| url = http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/article3832896.ece<br />
| access-date = 25 Nov 2012}}</ref><br />
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==Traffic==<br />
As of December 2019, about 9,000 passengers board trains at the metro station,<ref name="TH_UptickInRidership">{{cite news<br />
| last = Sekar <br />
| first = Sunitha <br />
| title = After a slow start, Metro sees steady uptick in ridership<br />
| newspaper = The Hindu<br />
| location = Chennai<br />
| pages = 4<br />
| language =<br />
| publisher = Kasturi & Sons<br />
| date = 25 December 2019 <br />
| url = https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/after-a-slow-start-metro-sees-steady-uptick-in-ridership/article30392550.ece<br />
| access-date = 28 December 2019}}</ref> up from about 6,500 passengers in February 2019,<ref name="Hindu_MetroUsers90000">{{cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/chennai/metro-users-jump-to-90000/article26324880.ece|title=Metro users jump to 90,000 |last=Sekar|first=Sunitha|date=21 February 2019|newspaper=The Hindu|access-date=1 March 2019}}</ref> making it the third busiest Metro stations in Chennai, after [[Thirumangalam metro station|Thirumangalam]] and [[Chennai Central metro station|Chennai Central]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
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* [[List of Chennai metro stations]]<br />
* [[Chennai Metro]]<br />
* [[Chennai International Airport]]<br />
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==References==<br />
{{Reflist}}<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[https://archive.today/20080324203500/http://www.chennaimetrorail.gov.in/index.html Official Website for Chennai Metro Rail Limited]<br />
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