Isani (Tbilisi Metro)

Isani

ისანი
Tbilisi Metro station
General information
LocationTbilisi, Georgia
Coordinates41°41′12″N 44°50′27″E / 41.68655°N 44.840929°E / 41.68655; 44.840929
Line(s)Akhmeteli-Varketili Line (First Line)
PlatformsIsland platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
Platform levels1
History
Opened5 May 1971 (1971-05-05)[1]
Services
Preceding station Tbilisi Metro Tbilisi Metro Following station
Samasi Aragveli Akhmeteli–Varketili Line Samgori
towards Varketili

Isani (Georgian: ისანი) is a station on the Akhmeteli–Varketili Line of the Tbilisi metro. The station is named after the neighbourhood and the district it serves.[1]

Opened in 1971 alongside Samgori station, Isani features one of the most prominent architectures with its overground vestibule among Tbilisi metro stations. The upper vestibule features a glass building with an original dome, a prime example of 60s and 70s modernist architecture. The architects of the station were G. Modzmanashvili and N. Lomsadze. The author of the toned panel on the wall of the vestibule is the sculptor S. Koiava.[2]

Overground vestibule entrance

The station was renovated in 2006, introducing more blue-shaded glass windows instead of fully transparent ones on the upper vestibule, and somewhat altering its original design and feel.[2] The platform columns of the station are decorated with white marble, and since 2006 the station features blue and white color elements.[1]

Isani metro station is located at the end of Saint Queen Ketevan Martyr Avenue and roughly at the intersection and start of Kakheti Highway. The area surrounding the Isani metro station acts as a transport hub accessing eastern and south-eastern districts and neighbourhoods of Tbilisi, as well as bus routes to Rustavi.

  1. ^ a b c "(in Georgian) ვის სახელებს ატარებს თბილისის მეტროსადგურები (Whose names are Tbilisi metro stations named after?)". intermedia.ge. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b "(in Georgian) თბილისის მეტრო – მიწისქვეშა არქიტექტურა (Tbilisi Metro - underground architecture )". idaaf.com. 23 October 2014. Archived from the original on 2 October 2019. Retrieved 25 February 2024.