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 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.[1] As of mid-2015, freight trains are the only rail traffic at the station.[2]

TATVAN İSKELE
TCDD ferry pier
General information
Location	Tatvan İskelesi, Şirinevler Mah., 13200 Tatvan/Bitlis Turkey
Coordinates	38.5135°N 42.2972°E / 38.5135; 42.2972
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	24 October 1964
Services
Preceding station TCDD Taşımacılık Following station Tatvan towards Ankara Trans-Asia Express Service suspended Terminus Terminus Lake Van Ferry Van Pier Terminus