TATVAN İSKELE | ||||||||||||||||
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TCDD ferry pier | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Tatvan İskelesi, Şirinevler Mah., 13200 Tatvan/Bitlis Turkey | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 38°30′49″N 42°17′50″E / 38.5135°N 42.2972°E | |||||||||||||||
Owned by | Turkish State Railways | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | TCDD Taşımacılık | |||||||||||||||
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Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 7 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | At-grade | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | 24 October 1964 | |||||||||||||||
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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]
References
- ↑ "Ankara-Tehran train". travel.railturkey.org. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
- ↑ "TCDD History". trinsofturkey.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
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