Georgian Gov’t Plans to Construct Overground Metro Stations
By Tea Mariamidze
Tuesday, October 23
Georgian government plans to launch the construction of new metro stations from late 2019. The new stations to be built will connect Samgori district to Lilo settlement and market, located in the suburb of Tbilisi.
The information was released by Tbilisi Mayor Kakha Kaladze at the presentation of the Green Policy – Eco-Friendly Transport on October 22.
The new plan says that the metro lines will have 6 composites, which will run in two directions. Initially, the waiting time between the trains will be 10 minutes, but later, according to Kaladze, it will be reduced.
The mayor stated that in 2021 - 2022 metro's new 7 stations and the modernized Samagori station will become operational.
As shown in the video presented by the City Hall, the new line includes the following stations: Metro Station Samgori 2 - Kakheti highway – East Point - Orkhevi - Airport settlement - Airport - Lilo settlement - Lilo market.
According to Kaladze, the Samgori-Lilo metro line will serve 200,000 people every day.
The City Hall also noted that the second stage of development of overground metro envisages building metro lines that will connect Tbilisi to Rustavi town.
Georgian Prime Minister, Mamuka Bakhtadze also delivered a speech at the presentation. According to him, the project is historical.
“We are announcing a very important project. We will use the infrastructure of the bypass railway to build a new metro station from Samgori to Lilo. At the same time, Tbilisi agglomeration is being developed and this new line will help us to extend to the direction of Rustavi town,” he stated.
