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-Sofian railway, which is not connected to the rest of the Turkish railway network.

VAN İSKELE
TCDD ferry pier
Van pier in 1985.
Location	Göl 1 Sk., İskele Mah., 65040 Van Merkez/Van Turkey
Coordinates	38.5170°N 43.3085°E / 38.5170; 43.3085
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Operated by	TCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)	Lake Van Ferry
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
History
Opened	1971
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station Terminus Trans-Asia Express Service suspended Van toward Tehran Tatvan Pier Terminus Lake Van Ferry Terminus

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

References

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