The Akhmetelis Teatri (Officially translated as Akhmeteli Theatre) (Georgian: ახმეტელის თეატრი) is a northern terminus on the Akhmeteli–Varketili Line of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on 7 January 1989, alongside Sarajishvili metro station.
Akhmetelis Teatri  ახმეტელის თეატრი | |||||||||||
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| Tbilisi Metro station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 41°47′30″N 44°48′57″E / 41.791762°N 44.815913°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Tbilisi Metro | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2+1 Interlocking | ||||||||||
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| Structure type | Underground | ||||||||||
| Accessible | To be adapted after 2023[1] | ||||||||||
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| Opened | 7 January 1989 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | 750v third rail | ||||||||||
| Previous names | Gldani | ||||||||||
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The authors of the station project are G. Razmadze and Solomon Cholokashvili. The station serves the neighbourhoods of Gldani District.
The station was originally named as Gldani (Georgian: გლდანი).[2] The name of the station changed in 1992 after the nearby Akhmeteli Theatre, which is named after Sandro Akhmeteli (1886-1937), a theatre director and one of the founders of the modern Georgian theater, who was tortured and purged under Joseph Stalin and Lavrentiy Beria.[2]
In recent years, the station and the entrance area experiences heavy crowds and congestions due to the station only having one entrance serving the neighborhoods of several hundred thousand people.[3]
During the last years of the Soviet Union, works began on a second exit south to the station, but was abandoned after the dissolution of the USSR.[4] The plans to finish the second exit of the station were introduced in 2022.[5] As of 2022, EBRD and the Tbilisi Mayor's Office announced that Akhmeteli Theatre would have its second exit completed, and the infrastructure of the station would be adapted for people with disabilities.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b "Tbilisi metro stations to gain upgraded infrastructure". agenda.ge. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ a b "(in Georgian) ვის სახელებს ატარებს თბილისის მეტროსადგურები (Whose names are Tbilisi metro stations named after?)". intermedia.ge. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "We are working on short-term and long-term projects to eliminate the problem at the Akhmeteli Theater Subway Station - Kaladze". Rustavi 2. 16 November 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ^ "M15". YouTube.
- ^ "Tbilisi metro stations to be adapted for people with disabilities". agenda.ge. 5 October 2022. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
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