Tbilisi Central

 A week ago I was meeting my friend from Azerbaijan at the railway station which I found to be partly renovated. Now it looks like the one of those in Europe, with fancy shops, cafes, busy ladies in uniforms and escalators riding people up and down the floors. Feeling excited I decided to write about it, as I really liked it, I did, because before it was a dirty place full of drunk and homeless people, and now it looks much nicer and clean.

The idea of this post was to show how the station looks now, but due to some unexpected restrictions inside the station the post doesn't contain lot's of pictures.


Tbilisi Central Railway Station Exterior

  I went out there the following weekend to take some pictures. Being inside I noticed the way security guards looked at my camera, I realized they wouldn't let me take any pictures, and there was the first warning not to. Interesting why would that be a problem to take a picture of renewed railways station in a free country. Maybe because it was meant to be a surprise for people once it's finally finished!?


Tbilisi Central Railway Station Interior

  Unfortunately there is only one picture of interior.
Although there is still a big mess at the docks, I hope that is going to improve soon as well.

 Currently the station operates for two international trains from Armenia and Azerbaijan, domestic destinations and a train from Tbilisi Airport to Tbilisi Central Railway station. The schedule of the last route is pretty complicated but it remains to be the cheapest way of traveling to the airport and back.

 The railway is widely used among holidaymakers, as an affordable and convenient mean of transportation to the Georgian Black Sea Coast during the summertime, and I hope that it's renovation will not affect prices too much.