Changing City: Deepest underground metro station for hassle-free connectivity to airport

Construction status

Work on Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport T2 metro station, which started seven years ago, is 91 per cent ready. It will also house the tallest escalator, of 19.15m, which is equal to an eight-storey building.

What the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation says

Ashwini Bhide, managing director of the Mumbai Metro Rail Corporation, said, “T2 is one of the major interchange stations. The station is deeper than other stations, since the off-site development of the airport is to come above it, which made the construction pretty challenging.”

A spokesperson for the corporation said the T2 station would ensure hassle-free connectivity to the airport. “This station will also be connected to the proposed airport station of Metro Line 7A. The Line 7A metro station and the T2 station will be parallel to each other and connected at the concourse level for easy interchange between lines,” said the spokesperson for the project implementing agency.

Built-up area: 40,233.31 sq m

Length of station: 313m

Total entry/exit points: 3

Total number of escalators: 14

Number of staircases: 11

Number of lifts: 6

Work done so far: 91%

Number of workers: 450

Peak-hour passenger accommodation capacity of platforms (boarding+alighting): 1,6671

Passengers per hour per direction during peak hours (boarding): 4,063

Passengers per hour per direction during peak hours (alighting): 4,063

Passengers per hour per direction during non-peak hours (boarding): 738

Passengers per hour per direction during non-peak hours (alighting): 7,699

Work commencement date: July 2016