Avlabari ( ka, ავლაბარი) is a station of the

Tbilisi Metro The Tbilisi Metro ( ka, თბილისის მეტროპოლიტენი, tr) is a rapid transit system in the Georgia (country), Georgian capital Tbilisi. Opened on 11 January 1966, it was the List of metro systems in the Soviet ...

on the

Akhmeteli–Varketili Line The Akhmeteli–Varketili Line ( ka, ახმეტელი-ვარკეთილის ხაზი) (formerly known as Didube–Samgori and Gldani–Varketili line; and also alternatively written as Akhmeteli Theatre–Varketili line) is a ...

. The station was opened in November 1967 as a part of the second stretch of the Tbilisi Metro which connected Lenin Square (currently Freedom Square) and 300 Aragveli stations. The station was formerly named 26 Komisari ( ka, 26 კომისარი) after the

26 Baku Commissars The 26 Baku Commissars were Bolshevik and Left SR, Left Socialist Revolutionary (SR) members of the Baku Commune. The commune was established in the city of Baku, which was then the capital of the briefly independent Azerbaijan Democratic Repub ...

. It was renamed in 1992 after the neighbourhood in Tbilisi, where the station is located. Architects are S. Revishvili, Sh. Chachanidze, artist Z. Lezhava. Construction works were carried out by "Tbilmetromshen". The vestibule is connected to the lower station by an escalator. The underground hall is covered with a vault supported by piers covered with black marble. In 2006, the station was renovated, which was completed on September 4. During the works, its upper vestibule, inclined tunnel and waiting hall were renovated. Technical works were also carried out, during which advertising billboards and monitors were installed.

External links

Avlabari station page at Tbilisi Municipal Portal

Metro station "Avlabari" on the official website of Tbilisi Metro
Tbilisi Metro stations Railway stations in Georgia (country) opened in 1967 {{Georgia-transport-stub