The Saburtalo Line is a line 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 Georgia. The line was first opened in 1979 and has since extended to western residential districts of the city.

History

Segment	Date opened
Vagzlis Moedani-Delisi	September 22, 1979
Delisi-Vazha Pshavela	April 3, 2000

Name changes

Station	Previous name(s)	Years
Sameditsino Instituti	Komkavshiri	1979–1992
Viktor Gotsiridze	Delisi	1979–1992
Delisi	Viktor Gotsiridze	1992–2006

Transfers

#	Transfer to	At
1	Gldani-Varketili Line Gldani-Varketili Line The Akhmeteli-Varketili is a line of the Tbilisi Metro. The line was part of the first stage of the Metro and currently cuts the city on a north-south axis...	Vagzlis Moedani

Rolling stock

The line is served by the Gldani depot (№2), currently 9 three carriage trains are assigned to it. All are the 81-714/717 versions with .5 and .5M modifications

Recent developments and future plans

The line is extending to the west and some of the construction sites that have been derelict since Soviet times have recently been re-started. The first extension, Universiteti will open in 2011. In perspective the line might continue to the east.

External links

Metro Web-site Tbilisi Metro on Urbanrail.net/Metrosoyuza Metroworld