Tbilisi metro

Tbilisi metro partially stops due to problems

Tbilisi metro partially stops due to problems

The first line of the Tbilisi subway stopped due to technical problems, this statement was made by the Tbilisi City Hall. Problems occured with one of the rolling stock, Sputnik Georgia clarifies. At the moment, passengers can …

Fare for public transport to be increased in Tbilisi

Fare for public transport to be increased in Tbilisi

Tbilisi City Hall announced today that one-time fare for public transport will be 1 GEL instead of 50 tetri starting next year. Passengers will be able to choose the plan they want from the payment system. For a one-time trip, …

Tbilisi to purchase 40 new metro wagon cars

Tbilisi to purchase 40 new metro wagon cars

Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said that 40 new metro wagon cars will be purchased in the near future. He also said that the current fleet of mini-buses in the capital must be replaced staring in 2020 and has instructed …

Tbilisi to spend $60 mln on purchase of new metro cars

Tbilisi to spend $60 mln on purchase of new metro cars

Mayor of Tbilisi Kakha Kaladze said that 40 new subway passenger carriages, which costs around $60 million, will be bought. Kaladze said at the government session that the City Hall is working on the project with …

New metro stations to link center and outskirts of Tbilisi

New metro stations to link center and outskirts of Tbilisi

The Georgian government and Tbilisi City Hall are involved in the development of an above-ground metro system.  At the first stage, the ground-based metro will connect the Samgori metro station with the Lilo Market and Tbilisi …

Tbilisi metro workers plan to end strike

Tbilisi metro workers plan to end strike

Train drivers demanding a 45% salary raise have ended their two-day strike in Tbilisi as talks with the city mayor’s office have come to fruition. Their salaries are expected to be increased from January 2019, Tbilisi Mayor …

New "maidan" in Georgia: metro on strike

New "maidan" in Georgia: metro on strike

Tbilisi metro drivers have been on strike since this morning, demanding an increase in wages. The strike was organized by the Ertoba 2013 metro drivers' union. In turn, the mayor of Georgia's capital Kakha Kaladze …

Number of injured in Tbilisi metro increases to 14

Number of injured in Tbilisi metro increases to 14

The number of injured in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi this morning as the ceiling caved in at Varketili metro station increased to fourteen people, Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said. According to the mayor, the …

 Number of injured in Tbilisi metro increases (VIDEO)

Number of injured in Tbilisi metro increases (VIDEO)

The number of injured in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi this morning as the ceiling caved in at Varketili metro station increased to eleven people. Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze said the treatment of those injured …

New metro station to be constructed in Tbilisi

New metro station to be constructed in Tbilisi

The new 'University' station will be constructed in the Tbilisi Metro in the Vake-Saburtalo district by 2017. The construction of the city's 23rd metro station was resumed in July 2015. The project, the total cost of which is more …