Didube ( ka, დიდუბე) is a

metro station A metro station or subway station is a station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the ...

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. It is located on the Akhmeteli–Varketili Line. Didube is three stations from the central station, and five from the city's main street (Rustaveli Avenue metro station, Tbilisi

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 ...

), in between Gotsiridze and Grmagele stations. The station is above ground. The Didube markets are located nearby, and the city's main bus station lies adjacent to the metro station. As buses to a number of locations, such as

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and the ski-fields at

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depart from there, it is common for people to catch the metro to Didube, and then change to the buses. If the planned third line for 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 ...

goes ahead, it will interlink with the Akhmeteli–Varketili Line at this station. On 9 October 1997, a former policeman blew himself up with a homemade bomb at the station. No one else was injured.

External links

Didube station page at Tbilisi Municipal Portal
Tbilisi Metro stations Railway stations opened in 1966 1966 establishments in Georgia (country) {{Georgia-transport-stub

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