Saburtalo Line

	Saburtalo Line
								Sadguris Moedani II
								Tsereteli
								Teknikuri Universiteti
								Sameditsino Universiteti
								Delisi
								Vazha-Pshavela
								Sakhelmtsipo Universiteti (under construction)

The Saburtalo Line (Georgian: საბურთალოს ხაზი) is a line of the Tbilisi Metro in Georgia. The line was first opened in 1979 and has since extended to western residential districts of the city.

History

Segment	Date opened
Vagzlis Moedani-Delisi	September 22, 1979
Delisi-Vazha Pshavela	April 3, 2000

Name changes

Station	Previous name(s)	Years
Sameditsino Instituti	Komkavshiri	1979–1992
Viktor Gotsiridze	Delisi	1979–1992
Delisi	Viktor Gotsiridze	1992–2006

Transfers

#	Transfer to	At
1	Gldani-Varketili Line	Station Square

Rolling stock

The line is served by the Gldani depot (№2), currently 9 three carriage trains are assigned to it. All are the 81-714/717 versions with .5 and .5M modifications

Recent developments and future plans

The line is extending to the west and some of the construction sites that have been derelict since Soviet times have recently been restarted. The construction of the State University station (Sakhelmtsipo Universiteti), a Soviet-era frozen extension of the Saburtalo Line, will be relaunched in 2012. In perspective the line might continue to the east.

External links

• (Georgian) Metro Web-site
• (English) Tbilisi Metro on Urbanrail.net
• (German)/(Russian)Metrosoyuza
• (Russian) Metroworld