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Chennai International Airport to Egmore by metro

₹40fare
17stops
1change
Blue LineGreen Line
Ride 17 stops
  1. Chennai International Airport
  2. Meenambakkam
  3. OTA-Nanganallur Road
  4. Arignar Anna Alandur
  5. Ekkattuthangal
  6. Ashok Nagar
  7. Vadapalani
  8. Arumbakkam
  9. Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa CMBT
  10. Koyambedu
  11. Thirumangalam
  12. Anna Nagar Tower
  13. Anna Nagar East
  14. Shenoy Nagar
  15. Pachaiyappa's College
  16. Kilpauk
  17. Nehru Park
  18. Egmore
Return tripEgmore to Chennai International Airport

Source: Chennai Metro Rail, checked on 11 Nov 2026.

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Chennai International Airport to Egmore by metro

Blue Line then Green Line 1 change, at Arignar Anna Alandur.

₹40Standard fare, one way
₹32NCMC card and digital QR tickets, 20% off
17Stops
1Change

How to go

  1. At Chennai International Airport, take the Blue Line towards Wimco Nagar Depot. Ride 3 stops. Get off at Arignar Anna Alandur.
  2. Change at Arignar Anna Alandur to the Green Line. Inter-corridor trains (Chennai Central - Egmore - CMBT - Alandur - Airport) run through Alandur, so on one of those trains there is no change. On any other train, change at Alandur.
  3. At Arignar Anna Alandur, take the Green Line towards Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central. Ride 14 stops. Get off at Egmore.

Another way: Blue Line, then Green Line, changing at Puratchi Thalaivar Dr. M.G. Ramachandran Central.

Stations on this trip

  1. Chennai International Airport Start
  2. Meenambakkam
  3. OTA-Nanganallur Road
  4. Arignar Anna Alandur Change here
  5. Ekkattuthangal
  6. Ashok Nagar
  7. Vadapalani
  8. Arumbakkam
  9. Puratchi Thalaivi Dr. J. Jayalalithaa CMBT
  10. Koyambedu
  11. Thirumangalam
  12. Anna Nagar Tower
  13. Anna Nagar East
  14. Shenoy Nagar
  15. Pachaiyappa's College
  16. Kilpauk
  17. Nehru Park
  18. Egmore End

Fare

₹40 one way for one adult in Standard class. This is the figure for this pair in the operator's fare table. The same fare applies in the other direction. One ticket covers the whole trip.

NCMC card and digital QR tickets, 20% off: ₹32.

NCMC card (Singara Chennai Card): 20% off. Single journey paper QR tickets bought at ticket counters get no discount. Digital QR tickets (WhatsApp, Paytm, PhonePe, store value pass in the CMRL app): 20% off. The operator does not say how the discounted fare is rounded, so no rupee figure is shown. These discounts are from the operator's notice dated 5 Nov 2026.

The fare page says 'Last fare update on - 09/10/2026'. The PDF was made on 7 Oct 2026. This update added the 10 Yellow Line stations, which opened on 11 Oct 2026. No fare order number is printed.

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Source: Chennai Metro Rail, checked on 11 Nov 2026.

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