Van Pier railway station

Van Pier railway station (Turkish: Van İskele istasyonu) is a railway station and pier in Van, Turkey. Situated on the eastern shore of Lake Van, 5.8 km (3.6 mi) west of the city center, the station serves as a connection between modes of transport, with two slips carrying a total of seven tracks. TCDD Taşımacılık operates a ferry between Van and Tatvan, which also carries freight railcars and automobiles across the lake. Up until July 2015, the Trans-Asia Express, from Tehran, Iran, stopped at the station. Passengers would travel to Tatvan via ferry, where the western half of the train would continue to Ankara.[1] As of mid-2015, freight trains are the only rail traffic at the station. Van Pier is the western terminus of the Van-Sufian railway, which is not connected to the rest of the Turkish railway network.

VAN İSKELE
TCDD ferry pier
Van pier in 1985.
General information
LocationGöl 1 Sk., İskele Mah., 65040
Van Merkez/Van
Turkey
Coordinates38°31′01″N 43°18′31″E / 38.5170°N 43.3085°E / 38.5170; 43.3085
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks7
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
Opened1971
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station
Terminus Trans-Asia Express
Service suspended
Van
towards Tehran
Tatvan Pier
Terminus
Lake Van Ferry Terminus

Van Pier station was opened in 1971 by the Turkish State Railways.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Ankara-Tehran train". travel.railturkey.org. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
  2. ^ "TCDD History". trinsofturkey.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.