TATVAN İSKELE | |
Type: | TCDD ferry pier |
Style: | TCDD |
Address: | Tatvan İskelesi, Şirinevler Mah., 13200 |
Borough: | Tatvan/Bitlis |
Country: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 38.5135°N 42.2972°W |
Owned: | Turkish State Railways |
Operator: | TCDD Taşımacılık |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 7 |
Structure: | At-grade |
Opened: | 24 October 1964 |
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.