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  • 21 Aug, 2019

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Tatvan Pier Railway Station

Tatvan Pier railway station (Turkish: Tatvan İskele istasyonu) is a railway station and pier in Tatvan, Turkey. Situated on the western shore of Lake Van, the station serves as a connection between modes of transport, with two slips carrying a total of seven tracks. TCDD Taşımacılık operates a ferry, the Lake Van Ferry, between Tatvan and Van, which carries passengers freight railcars and vehicles across the lake. Up until July 2015, the Trans-Asia Express, from Ankara, stopped at the station. Passengers would travel to Van via ferry, where the eastern half of the train would continue to Tehran, Iran. As of mid-2015, freight trains are the only rail traffic at the station.

References

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