List of Tbilisi metro stations
Encyclopedia
This is a list of the 22 stations
of the Tbilisi Metro
, in Tbilisi
, Georgia
.
Saburtalo Line
Train station
A train station, also called a railroad station or railway station and often shortened to just station,"Station" is commonly understood to mean "train station" unless otherwise qualified. This is evident from dictionary entries e.g...
of the Tbilisi Metro
Tbilisi Metro
The Tbilisi Metro is a rapid transit Metro system in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. Opened in 1966 it became the fourth Metro system in the former Soviet Union. Like most ex-Soviet Metros, most of the stations are very deep and vividly decorated....
, in Tbilisi
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
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Akhmeteli-Varketili Line
- VarketiliVarketili (Tbilisi Metro)Varketili is a station of the Tbilisi metro on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line....
- SamgoriSamgori (Tbilisi Metro)Samgori is a station of the Tbilisi metro on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line. It is located in the Isani-Samgori district of Tbilisi. The station was opened on 5 May 1971 as an extension of the 300 Aragveli-Didube line....
(Ge: სამგორი, Samgori, literally "three hills", a district where the metro station is located) - IsaniIsani (Tbilisi Metro)Isani is a station of the Tbilisi metro on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line....
(Ge: ისანი, Isani, a district where the metro station is located). The word "isani" is of Arab etymology, meaning "a stronghold". - 300 Aragveli (Ge: 300 არაგველი, named in honor to the 300 soldiers from the Aragvi Valley who fell, defending Tbilisi againstBattle of KrtsanisiThe Battle of Krtsanisi was fought between Persian and Georgian armies at the place of Krtsanisi near Tbilisi, Georgia, from September 8 to September 11, 1795, as part of the war intended by the Persian ruler Agha Mohammad Khan Qajar as a reprisal for King Heraclius II of Georgia’s alliance with...
the Persians in 1795) - Avlabari (Ge: ავლაბარი, Avlabari, s historic district where the metro station is situated); formerly known as 26 Komisari after the 26 Baku Commissars26 Baku CommissarsThe 26 Baku Commissars were Bolshevik and Left Socialist Revolutionary members of the Baku Soviet Commune. The commune was established in the city of Baku...
. The Arab-derived place name "avlabari" is literally translated as "an area beyond the wall". - Tavisuplebis MoedaniTavisuplebis Moedani (Tbilisi Metro)Tavisuplebis Moedani is a station of the Tbilisi metro on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line. It is located close to Freedom Square at the southern end of Rustaveli avenue. The station was opened on 6 November 1967 as an extension of the original Rustaveli-Didube line....
(Ge: თავისუფლების მოედანი, Liberty SquareFreedom Square, TbilisiFreedom Square , formerly known as Erivan Square under Imperial Russia and Lenin Square under the Soviet Union, is located in the center of Tbilisi at the eastern end of...
, the city's central square to which the station serves); formerly known as Leninis Moedani (Lenin Square) after Vladimir LeninVladimir LeninVladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...
the first Soviet Leader.. - RustaveliRustaveli (Tbilisi Metro)Rustaveli is a station of the Tbilisi metro on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line. It is located at Rustaveli square at the northern end of Rustaveli avenue. The station was opened on 11 January 1966 as part of the first metro line with sixt stations from Didube to Rustaveli...
, (Ge: რუსთაველი, Rustavelis Gamziri, the city's main thoroughfare to which the metro station serves) - MarjanishviliMarjanishvili (Tbilisi Metro)Marjanishvili is a station on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on January 11, 1966. Station is named after Kote Marjanishvili, a Georgian theater director....
, (Ge: მარჯანიშვილი, located in the street named after Konstantine Marjanishvili, 1872-1933, a prominent Georgian theater director and playwright) - Sadguris Moedani I (Station Square I) (სადგურის მოედანი, a square where the Central Railway Station is located)
- NadzaladeviNadzaladevi (Tbilisi Metro)Nadzaladevi is a station on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on January 11, 1966....
(ნაძალადევი, a district where the station is located); formerly known as Oktomberi (October) after the Russian Revolution of 1917Russian Revolution of 1917The Russian Revolution is the collective term for a series of revolutions in Russia in 1917, which destroyed the Tsarist autocracy and led to the creation of the Soviet Union. The Tsar was deposed and replaced by a provisional government in the first revolution of February 1917...
. "Nadzaladevi" (literally, "taken by force") was a name given to the area along the railway occupied by the workers, in the 1880s, despite the official ban. This district was also known as Nakhalovka , a name which has survived in common speech to this day. - GotsiridzeGotsiridze (Tbilisi Metro)Gotsiridze is a station on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on January 11, 1966. It was formerly known as Elektrodepo. The current name was adopted in 2011....
, named after the engineer Viktor Gotsiridze; formerly, Elektrodepo, ელექტროდეპო ("the Central Railway Depot") - DidubeDidube (Tbilisi Metro)Didube ) is a metro station in Tbilisi, Georgia. It is located on the Didube-Samgori line. Didube is three stations from the central station, and five from the city's main street , in between Gotsiridze and Grmagele stations...
(დიდუბე, DidubeDidubeDidube could refer to:* The Didube Pantheon* The station Didube...
, a district to which the station serves). The name Didube itself means "a large plain". - Ghrmaghele (ღრმაღელე, a suburb where the station is located). The name is literally translated as "a deep spring".
- GuramishviliGuramishvili (Tbilisi Metro)Guramishvili is a station on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on November 16, 1985....
(გურამიშვილი, named so after the poet Davit GuramishviliDavit GuramishviliPrince Davit Guramishvili was a Georgian poet who authored the finest pieces of pre-Romantic Georgian literature. His poetic talents thrived far from his motherland, being forced by personal misfortunes and turmoil in Georgia to spend several years in the Russian military service until his...
, 1705-1792) - SarajishviliSarajishvili (Tbilisi Metro)Sarajishvili is a station on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on January 7, 1989....
(სარაჯიშვილი, named so after the tenor Ivane Sarajishvili, 1879-1924) - Akhmetelis TeatriAkhmetelis Teatri (Tbilisi Metro)Akhmetelis Teatri is a station on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on January 7, 1989....
(ახმეტელის თეატრი, named so after the theatre director Alexandre Akhmeteli, 1886-1937, who was purged under Joseph StalinJoseph StalinJoseph Vissarionovich Stalin was the Premier of the Soviet Union from 6 May 1941 to 5 March 1953. He was among the Bolshevik revolutionaries who brought about the October Revolution and had held the position of first General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union's Central Committee...
); formerly known as Gldani after the district to which the station serves.
Saburtalo LineSaburtalo LineThe Saburtalo Line is a line of the Tbilisi Metro in Georgia. The line was first opened in 1979 and has since extended to western residential districts of the city.-History:-Name changes:-Transfers:-Rolling stock:...
- Sadguris Moedani II (Station Square II) (Central Railway Station)
- TsereteliTsereteli (Tbilisi Metro)The station Tsereteli is situated on Saburtalo Line in Tbilisi, Georgia....
(Ge: წერეთელი, located on the avenue named after the national poet Akaki TsereteliAkaki TsereteliPrince Ak'ak'i Tsereteli was a prominent Georgian poet and national liberation movement figure.He was born in the village of Skhvitori on June 9, 1840 to the prominent Georgian aristocratic family. His father was Prince Rostom Tsereteli...
, 1840-1915) - Teknikuri Universiteti (Technical University) (Ge: ტენიკური უნივერსიტეტი, named after Georgian Technical UniversityGeorgian Technical UniversityGeorgian Technical University – GTU , now Technical University of Georgia is main and largest technical university of Georgia, it is located in the capital city of Tbilisi.- History :...
, located nearby) - Sameditsino Universiteti (Tbilisi Metro)|Sameditsino Universiteti (Medical University), (Ge: სამედიცინო უნივერსიტეტი, named after Tbilisi State Medical UniversityTbilisi State Medical UniversityTbilisi State Medical University is a leading medical eniversity in Caucasus Region. TSMU was founded as Tbilisi Medical Institute in 1918 and became the Faculty of Medicine within the Tbilisi State University in 1930. Tbilisi State Medical Institute was renamed to Medical University in 1992...
, located nearby); it was formerly known as Komkavshiri, i.e. KomsomolKomsomolThe Communist Union of Youth , usually known as Komsomol , was the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. The Komsomol in its earliest form was established in urban centers in 1918. During the early years, it was a Russian organization, known as the Russian Communist Union of...
. It is located at the corner of Bakhtrioni and Peking streets. - Delisi (Ge: დელისი), formerly known as Gotsiridze (გოცირიძე) after the engineer Viktor Gotsiridze.
- Vazha-Pshavela, (Ge: ვაჟა-ფშაველა, located on the avenue named after the poet Vazha-PshavelaVazha-PshavelaVazha-Pshavela is the pen-name of the Georgian poet and writer Luka P. Razikashvili , a classic of the new Georgian literature.- The biography :...
, 1861-1915)