Sarajishvili (Tbilisi Metro)

Sarajishvili

სარაჯიშვილი
Tbilisi Metro station
General information
Coordinates41°46′59″N 44°47′57″E / 41.78315°N 44.799053°E / 41.78315; 44.799053
PlatformsIsland platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground
History
OpenedJanuary 7, 1989 (1989-01-07)
Previous namesGuramishvili
Services
Preceding station Tbilisi Metro Tbilisi Metro Following station
Akhmetelis Teatri
Terminus
 Akhmeteli–Varketili Line Guramishvili
towards Varketili

The Sarajishvili (Georgian: სარაჯიშვილი Georgian pronunciation: [saradʒiʃʷili]) is a station on the Akhmeteli–Varketili Line (First Line) of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on January 7, 1989. The station is named after the Georgian scientist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Davit Sarajishvili (1848–1911).[1]

Before 1992, the station was officially named as Guramishvili (Georgian: გურამიშვილი), after the 18th-century Georgian poet David Guramishvili.[1] After 1992, the name of the station was transferred to neighbouring station Guramishvili, pre-1992 known as TEMKA. This is alongside Gotsiridze, one of the occasions when the name of the station changed and previous name transferred to another station.

References

  1. ^ a b "(in Georgian) ვის სახელებს ატარებს თბილისის მეტროსადგურები (Whose names are Tbilisi metro stations named after?)". intermedia.ge. Retrieved 23 January 2023.


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