The Guramishvili (Georgian: გურამიშვილი) is a station on the Akhmeteli–Varketili Line of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on 16 November 1985.
Guramishvili  | |||||||||||
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| Tbilisi Metro station | |||||||||||
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| Coordinates | 41°46′30″N 44°47′42″E / 41.775009°N 44.79511°E | ||||||||||
| Owned by | Tbilisi Metro | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Akhmeteli-Varketili Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | Island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Underground (Single Vault) | ||||||||||
| Platform levels | 2 (Vestibule, Platform) | ||||||||||
| Parking | No official parking | ||||||||||
| Bicycle facilities | No official bike storage | ||||||||||
| Accessible | No | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | 16 November 1985 | ||||||||||
| Electrified | Third rail | ||||||||||
| Previous names | თემქა (Georgian), TEMQA (English, pronounced "TEMKA") | ||||||||||
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The station was originally called TEMKA (Georgian: თემქა (თბილისის ელმავალმშენებელი ქარხანა)), an abbreviation for the Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Plant. In 1992 it was renamed after the 18th-century Georgian poet David Guramishvili.[1] During the USSR, the purpose of the station was primarily to serve employees of the Tbilisi Electric Locomotive Plant and residents of the surrounding apartment complexes. After the Collapse of the USSR, the production output at TEMQA severely fell, which resulted in the commuter purpose at the station changing mostly to people commuting to and from the residential districts around the factory.
An active revitalization of the TEMQA district could change the way the station is used in the future, including the factory complex of which the station was originally built for.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Tbilisi Metro: Georgia Underground". 23 April 2024.
- ^ "Temka Factory Redevelopment".
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