Tbilisi Metro station | |||||||||||
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General information | |||||||||||
Coordinates | 41°43′27″N 44°43′51″E / 41.72417°N 44.73083°E | ||||||||||
Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
Construction | |||||||||||
Platform levels | 1 | ||||||||||
History | |||||||||||
Opened | 3 April 2000 | ||||||||||
Electrified | Yes | ||||||||||
Previous names | Bakhtrioni (April-June 2000) | ||||||||||
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Vazha-Pshavela (Georgian: ვაჟა-ფშაველა Georgian pronunciation: [vaʒapʰʃaveła]) is a metro station on the Saburtalo Line in Tbilisi, Georgia. The station is named after the great Georgian poet Vazha-Pshavela. The station was opened on 3 April 2000. It is located on Vazha-Pshavela avenue close to the Vazha-Pshavela statue. The metro station serves Vazha-Pshavela blocks and nearby streets and upland neighborhoods of Saburtalo. The station walls have illustrations depicting Vazha-Pshavela's works.
Initially, the station was supposed to be an intermediate station on the Delisi – State University extension, but due to lack of financing the construction of the latter had been frozen. Because of the delay, only a single track was available at the station[1] until the full extension to State University which opened on 16 October 2017.[2]