Tbilisi has a two-line metro system, which are served from 6:00 AM until midnight.
All signs inside the metro are in Georgian, but some stations feature Georgian and English signs. Station names are announced in both English and Georgian, but text on signs is often in the Georgian alphabet only, which makes figuring out which direction you are going in somewhat taxing. There are rarely system maps on the train cars themselves. You will be lucky to find English speakers riding the Metro, since the riders are mainly older people; you will however have better luck with Russian which is widely spoken. Take a bilingual map with you if you are not proficient with the local alphabet/pronunciation.
A trip with the metro in Tbilisi costs 0.50 GEL. But you will have to buy a card (2 GEL) at the counter. You can load the card with any amount you like, and use it for travel both on the metro and on buses. Using the metro card, metros and buses cost 0.50 GEL the first time in the day, then decreases to 0.30 GEL the second time, then 0.20 GEL the third time and all future rides on that day.
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