Rustaveli ( ka, რუსთაველი) is a station of the

Tbilisi Metro The Tbilisi Metro ( ka, თბილისის მეტროპოლიტენი) is a rapid transit system in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Opened on 11 January 1966, it was the fourth metro system in the former Soviet Union. Like oth ...

on the Akhmeteli–Varketili Line (First Line). It is located at Rustaveli square at the northern end of

Rustaveli Avenue Rustaveli Avenue ( ka, რუსთაველის გამზირი, ''Rust'avelis Gamziri''), formerly known as ''Golovin Street'', is the central avenue in Tbilisi named after the medieval Georgian poet, Shota Rustaveli. The avenue s ...

next to the Shota Rustaveli statue. The station was opened on 11 January 1966 as part of the original metro line with six stations from Didube to Rustaveli. The construction was carried out according to the project by O. Kalandarishvili and L. Janelidze. Located between Tavisuplebis Moedani station and Marjanishvili station, Rustaveli is 60 metres underground (and an escalator length of 120 meters) making the station the deepest of the Tbilisi metro system. Some sources estimate the depth to be 100 metres. According to some sources, Rustaveli metro station has the world's 8th longest escalator with the length of 120 metres. The metro station is named after

Shota Rustaveli Shota Rustaveli ( ka, შოთა რუსთაველი, c. 1160 – after c. 1220), mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of ...

, a great

Georgian Georgian may refer to: Common meanings * Anything related to, or originating from Georgia (country) ** Georgians, an indigenous Caucasian ethnic group ** Georgian language, a Kartvelian language spoken by Georgians **Georgian scripts, three scrip ...

poet and thinker of the 12th century, the author of ''

The Knight in the Panther's Skin ''The Knight in the Panther's Skin'' ( ka, ვეფხისტყაოსანი, tr literally "the one with the skin of a tiger") is a Georgian medieval epic poem, written in the 12th or 13th century by Georgia's national poet Shota Rusta ...

'', a

national epic poem. The walls and columns of the station are covered with red marble. The metro station is decorated with relief images and depictions of the theme of

's epic poem. A frieze on the theme of

and ''

'' is placed above the entrance of the metro station, the sculptor of which is Elguja Amashukeli.

Third Line (Rustaveli-Vazisubani Line)

According to the plan of the third line of the

, Rustaveli station was supposed to become a transfer station, tentatively referred to as the Rustaveli-2 station, the connecting staircase and passage of which exist in the current station. According to the plan, the Rustaveli-2 station of the third line of the Tbilisi Metro would connect the stations in the western direction to Vake and Didi Dighomi, and in the eastern direction to Saarbrücken Square towards Vazisubani and other south-eastern districts of

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 ...

. The first section of the third metro line was supposed to be built from Rustaveli in the direction of Vazisubani (with stations Rustaveli-2, Saarbrücken Square, Kvemo Elia, Zemo Elia (Metromsheni) and Vazisubani). Nowadays, construction works are frozen.

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References

External links

Rustaveli metro station page at Tbilisi Municipal Portal (Archived)
{{Tbilisi Metro Tbilisi Metro stations Railway stations opened in 1966 1966 establishments in Georgia (country)

Third Line (Rustaveli-Vazisubani Line)

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