VAN İSKELE | |
Type: | TCDD ferry pier |
Style: | TCDD |
Address: | Göl 1 Sk., İskele Mah., 65040 |
Borough: | Van Merkez/Van |
Country: | Turkey |
Coordinates: | 38.517°N 43.3085°W |
Owned: | Turkish State Railways |
Operator: | TCDD Taşımacılık |
Platforms: | 1 island platform |
Tracks: | 7 |
Structure: | At-grade |
Opened: | 1971 |
Van Pier railway station (tr|Van İskele istasyonu) is a railway station and pier in Van, Turkey. Situated on the eastern shore of Lake Van, 5.8km (03.6miles) 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. 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 Pier station was opened in 1971 by the Turkish State Railways.