page_title: Tbilisi Metro
section_title: Operation
hierarchical_section_title: Tbilisi Metro / Operation
caption_attribution_description: English: Escalator of "State University" station of Tbilisi subway
context_page_description: The Tbilisi Metro is a rapid transit system in the Georgian capital Tbilisi. Opened on 11 January 1966, it was the fourth metro system in the former Soviet Union. Like other ex-Soviet metros, most of the stations are very deep and vividly decorated.
  At present the system consists of two lines, 27.3 kilometres in total length, serving 23 stations. In 2017, the Metro transported 113.827 million passengers. The Metro is operated by the Tbilisi Transport Company, which began operation the same year as the Tbilisi Metro, in 1966.
context_section_description: As of 2018, the system consists of two lines, serving 23 stations, operating on 27.3 kilometres (17.0 mi) of route and 62.5 kilometres (38.8 mi) of track. Of the 23 stations, 21 stations are below ground and two are surface level. Of the subterranean stations, 17 are deep level and 4 shallow. The former comprise 6 pylon stations, 5 column and 6 single vaults (built to the Leningrad Technology). The shallow stations consist of three pillar-trispans and one single vault (Kharkov Technology). Due to Tbilisi's uneven landscape, the Metro, particularly the Akhmeteli-Varketili line, has one surface-level section.
  An estimated total of 105.6 million people used the Metro annually as at 2005, though the actual figure by 2012  was closer to 94 million. Carrying them are a fleet of 170 Soviet-built rail cars, consisting of the 81–717/714 and Еzh3 models, which operate from two depots. Station platforms are built to accommodate five-carriage trains, though four- car trains operate on both lines of the subway system.
  Trains run from a little before 6:00 am (exact times vary depending on the station) until midnight, with intervals ranging between 2 1/2 minutes at peak times to 12 minutes later in the night. Train speeds are 60–90 kilometres per hour, while the average trip speed is slightly over 33 kilometres per hour.
caption: Since most stations are deeply built, almost every station has a long escalator
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