Network status and fare rules
Whether the metro is running now, the rules TTC actually publishes, and where the conflicting numbers come from.
Service status
Tbilisi Metro status
Service status · based on the published timetable
Line 1 (Red) · Akhmeteli Theatre – Varketili
Line 2 (Green) · Station Square – State University
Is the metro running now
The panel below shows whether the metro is inside its published operating window — from shortly before 06:00 until midnight. It is not live data: TTC's real-time arrivals cover buses, not the metro, so no site can honestly show a countdown to the next train here.
The rules that are actually published
₾1 a ride, and 90 minutes of transfers if you pay the right way
The flat fare is ₾1 with a Metromoney card or a bank card at the gate, and that single tap buys 90 minutes of unlimited transfers across metro, buses and minibuses. What it means for you: TTC states that paying through the mobile app or in cash does not include the 90-minute package. On a metro–bus–metro chain that turns ₾1 into ₾3, so tap a card.
Source: Tbilisi Transport Company, standard tariff page (ttc.com.ge/tariff/48).
The full list of travel packages, including the one most guides miss
Beyond the ₾1 ride there are unlimited packages, sold on a separate subscription card (not on Metromoney): ₾3 for a day, ₾20 a week, ₾40 a month, ₾100 for three months, ₾150 for six and ₾250 for a year. What it means for you: the six-month package is missing from most guides — including ours until August 2026 — which pushes half-year visitors towards the yearly card they do not need. All of them need the subscription card, bought at metro payment offices; they cannot be bought on a phone.
Source: Tbilisi Transport Company, standard tariff page.
Lost your card? Only two stations can help
Damaged and lost Metromoney cards are handled at the problematic-card centres at Avlabari and Medical University — nowhere else. A card that failed on its own is replaced free; one you bent or folded costs ₾2 again. What it means for you: keep the receipt from the payment office. Without it neither a replacement nor the ₾2 refund is possible, and the balance cannot be moved to a new card.
Source: Tbilisi Transport Company, Metromoney card page (ttc.com.ge/tariff/49).
Gotsiridze back in service after renovation
Gotsiridze station on Line 1 reopened in March 2023 after a long refurbishment. What it means for you: guides written while it was shut still tell you to ride through to Nadzaladevi or Didube.
Source: published references on the Tbilisi Metro; cross-checked against the operator route map.
State University — the newest station
State University opened on 16 October 2017 at the western end of Line 2 and is the newest station in the network. Its construction began in the Soviet era and was finished after years on hold; the first station opened in independent Georgia was Vazha-Pshavela, in 2000. What it means for you: Line 2 runs from Station Square out to the university campus, seven stations in all.
Source: published references on the Tbilisi Metro.
Why other sites give different numbers
Search for the Tbilisi Metro and the numbers do not agree. Here is why — and what we use.
- «22 stations» versus «23». Line 1 has 16 and Line 2 has 7, which makes 23. The gap is Station Square: it is physically two stations, one per line, joined by a passage, so counting it once gives 22. We say 23 and give the interchange a single page.
- Precise interval tables. TTC publishes the operating window, not a band-by-band metro timetable. Any site printing exact headways for every hour — this one included, until we relabelled ours — is estimating. Treat them as approximate.
- «Contactless works the same as the card». For the fare, yes. For the 90-minute transfer window, a bank card counts but the mobile app and cash do not.
- Live arrival times. TTC has them for buses. For the metro the same service returns nothing, so a countdown on a Tbilisi metro page is not coming from the operator.
- Ropeway fares inside the ₾1. They are not. Rike–Narikala is ₾2.50 one way and Turtle Lake ₾1.00, paid with the same card but charged separately.