Vazha-Pshavela ( ka, ვაჟა-ფშაველა) is a metro station on the
Saburtalo Line
The Saburtalo Line ( ka, 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, near Tbilisi State University ...
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Tbilisi
Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...
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Georgia
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. The station is named after the poet
Vazha-Pshavela
Vazha-Pshavela ( ka, ვაჟა-ფშაველა), simply referred to as Vazha ( ka, ვაჟა) (26 July 1861 – 10 July 1915), is the pen name of the Georgian poet and writer Luka Razikashvili ( ka, ლუკა რაზიკა ...
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Initially, the station was supposed to be an intermediate station on the – 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 until the full extension to State University opened on 16 October 2017.
Railway stations opened in 2000
Tbilisi Metro stations
2000 establishments in Georgia (country)
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