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On 11 January 1966, the Tbilisi Metro was opened: [8] it was the first and only Metro system in Georgia and the fourth one in the former Soviet Union (after Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and Kyiv) when the first six stations were opened. Since then, the system has steadily grown into a two-line, 23-station network.
Tbilisi (English: / t ə b ɪ ˈ l iː s i, t ə ˈ b ɪ l ɪ s i / ⓘ tə-bil-EE-see, tə-BIL-iss-ee; [7] Georgian: თბილისი, pronounced [ˈtʰbilisi] ⓘ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis [a] (/ ˈ t ɪ f l ɪ s / ⓘ TIF-liss), [7] (Georgian: ტფილისი, romanized: t'pilisi) is the capital and largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of ...
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 ...
Coordinates: 42.5042°N 44.4538°E. Map of the area. The Georgian Military Road or Georgian Military Highway[a] also known as Ghalghaï Military Road, [2][b] is the historic name for a major route through the Caucasus from Georgia to Russia. Alternative routes across the mountains include the Ossetian Military Road and the Transcaucasian Highway.
Roads in Georgia (country) Georgia's road network plays an important role in both domestic and international traffic with the four neighboring countries. This is expressed in the road numbering system. The country has a network of 13 internationally oriented trunk highways that connect the capital Tbilisi, home to about a third of the national ...
The Georgian S1 route (Georgian: ს1, also known as Tbilisi - Senaki - Leselidze), is a "road of international importance" with a registered length of 542.7 kilometres (337.2 mi) within the Georgian classification system, which makes it the longest Georgian highway route. [1] It runs from Tbilisi via Mtskheta, Gori, Khashuri, Zestaponi ...
Akhmeteli-Varketili Line (First Line) Samgori (სამგორი), literally "three hills", named after the district where the metro station is located. Isani (ისანი), named after the district where the metro station is located. The word "Isani" is of Arab etymology, meaning "a stronghold". 300 Aragveli Samasi Aragveli (300 ...
System length. 54 km (34 mi) (1986) Track gauge. 1,524 mm ( 5 ft) The Tbilisi tramway network ( Georgian: თბილისის ტრამვაი) operated in the Georgian capital city of Tbilisi between 1883 and 2006. In 1986 it extended to 105 km (65 miles) of (single) track covering 12 different routes.