Tatvan Pier railway station explained

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.

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