Saburtalo Line

Saburtalo Line
Overview
Other name(s)Line Two
Native nameსაბურთალოს ხაზი
Line number2
Stations7
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemTbilisi Metro
Operator(s)Tbilisi Transport Company
Depot(s)Nazaladevi Electrodepot
Rolling stock81-717M/714M (Tbilisi ZREPS)
History
Opened1979
Technical
Track gauge1520mm
Electrification750v (minimum) third rail
Route map

State University
Vazha-Pshavela
Delisi
Medical University
Technical University
Tsereteli
Station Square
Akhmeteli–Varketili Line

The Saburtalo Line (Georgian: საბურთალოს ხაზი, romanized: saburtalos khazi) is a line of the Tbilisi Metro in Georgia. The line was first opened in 1979,[1] running originally from Station Square, where Tbilisi Central Railway station is located to Delisi and has since extended to the western residential districts of the city, near Tbilisi State University’s X and XI buildings.[2] It is a second line of the system and runs from the east and west direction of Tbilisi, in contrast to the First Line which runs north-south axis of the city. The line is named after Saburtalo,[3] the district, and neighbourhood of Tbilisi, where 5[a] of 7 stations of this line are located. Alternatively, the line is being referred to simply as 2nd Line.

  1. ^ Schwandl, Robert. "Tbilisi". urbanrail.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference State University Metro was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ Dala Costa, Augusto (2020). "Toponymy and the issues of memory and identity on the post-Soviet Tbilisi cityscape". Ideology and Politics Journal. 1 (15). doi:10.36169/2227-6068.2020.01.00007.


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