Delisi (Georgian: დელისი) is a metro station on the Saburtalo Line in Tbilisi, Georgia. The station is named after the historic settlement of Delisi, which today is used to refer to this area of Saburtalo surrounding the metro station. From 1995 to 2006 the station was known as Gotsiridze in honor of Viktor Gotsiridze, one of the founders of the Tbilisi Metro.[2]

Delisi

დელისი
Tbilisi Metro station
Station hall
General information
Coordinates41°43′31″N 44°44′46″E / 41.7254°N 44.74624°E / 41.7254; 44.74624
Line(s)Saburtalo Line
PlatformsIsland platform
Tracks2+1 interlocking
ConnectionsBus: 301, 332, 334, 358, 363, 383, 387, 388, 389, 397, 405, 447
Construction
Structure typeSingle vault station
Platform levels2: (pedestrian underpass, also branches off to stairs leading to level 1, which is the station platform
AccessibleTo be adapted after 2023 [1]
History
Opened1979 (1979)
Electrifiedthird rail system
Previous namesViktor Gotsiridze
Services
Preceding station Tbilisi Metro Tbilisi Metro Following station
Vazha-Pshavela Saburtalo Line Medical University

The station has two entrances and is located at the intersection of Vazha-Pshavela Avenue and Mikheil Tamarashvili Street. The station and its surrounding area act as a transport hub, serving the upland settlements and areas of the Vake and Saburtalo districts with several bus routes.

Delisi, alongside Sarajishvili metro station is one of the two stations in the network whose previous name transferred to another station, in this case to Gotsiridze station on the Akhmeteli-Varketili Line.

Modernization

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As of 2022, EBRD and the Tbilisi Mayor's Office announced that the infrastructure of the station would be adapted for people with disabilities.[1] The tender for this project is to be announced in May 2023.

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Western entrance to the station

References

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  1. ^ a b "Tbilisi metro stations to gain upgraded infrastructure". agenda.ge. 22 November 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  2. ^ "(in Georgian) ვის სახელებს ატარებს თბილისის მეტროსადგურები (Whose names are Tbilisi metro stations named after?)". intermedia.ge. 10 August 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2024.