Marjanishvili (Tbilisi Metro)

Marjanishvili

მარჯანიშვილი
Tbilisi Metro station
General information
Location89, Davit Aghmashenebeli avenue
24, Kote Marjanishvili street
Tbilisi, Georgia
Coordinates41°42′35″N 44°47′53″E / 41.709625°N 44.797981°E / 41.709625; 44.797981
Line(s)Akhmeteli–Varketili Line
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
Opened11 January 1966; 58 years ago (1966-01-11)
Previous namesMarjanishvilis Moedani (Marjanishvili Square)
Services
Preceding station Tbilisi Metro Tbilisi Metro Following station
Station Square Akhmeteli–Varketili Line Rustaveli
towards Varketili

Marjanishvili (Georgian: მარჯანიშვილი Georgian pronunciation: [mardʒaniʃʷili]) is a station of the Tbilisi Metro on the Akhmeteli–Varketili Line (First Line), located between Station Square and Rustaveli stations. It was opened on 11 January 1966 as part of the original metro line with six stations from Didube to Rustaveli. The station is named after Kote Marjanishvili, a Georgian theater director.[1]

The architects of the lower platform of the passenger hall were G. Melkadze, T. Mikashavidze, N. Kvartskhava, and I. Kavlashvili. The construction works were carried out by "Tbilmetromsheni".

The building on Kote Marjanishvili Square where the metro station entrance is located.

The upper vestibule is built into the building of the Design Institute "Tbilkalakprojekt". The interior is plain, lined with red and gray marble. The underground hall is connected by an escalator, which is the oldest in the metro system (type ЕМ-5.5). Black polished granite floors and gray marble-clad arches are designed to contrast against the white arch and walls of the underground station.

At the end of the waiting hall, there is a high-relief image of the director Kote Marjanishvili's bust on the wall (sculptor Merab Berdzenishvili).[1]

There is also an unopened second exit of the station next to the Marjanishvili Theatre, which construction works began during USSR, but later were frozen.

  1. ^ a b "(in Georgian) ვის სახელებს ატარებს თბილისის მეტროსადგურები (Whose names are Tbilisi metro stations named after?)". intermedia.ge. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 5 March 2024.