Guramishvili (Tbilisi Metro)

Guramishvili
Tbilisi Metro
Tbilisi Metro station
General information
Coordinates41°46′30″N 44°47′42″E / 41.775009°N 44.79511°E / 41.775009; 44.79511
Owned byTbilisi Metro
Line(s)Akhmeteli-Varketili Line
PlatformsIsland platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeUnderground (Single Vault)
Platform levels2 (Vestibule, Platform)
ParkingNo official parking
Bicycle facilitiesNo official bike storage
AccessibleNo
History
Opened16 November 1985 (1985-11-16)
ElectrifiedThird rail
Previous namesთემქა (Georgian), TEMQA (English, pronounced "TEMKA")
Services
Preceding station Tbilisi Metro Tbilisi Metro Following station
Sarajishvili Akhmeteli–Varketili Line Ghrmaghele
towards Varketili

The Guramishvili (Georgian: გურამიშვილი) is a station on the Akhmeteli–Varketili Line of the Tbilisi Metro. It opened on 16 November 1985.

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]

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