Tatvan Pier railway station

{{Short description|Railway station in Bitlis, Turkey}}

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| name = TATVAN İSKELE

| type = TCDD ferry pier

| style = TCDD

| image = File:Tatvan Panorama Liman.jpg

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| address = Tatvan İskelesi, Şirinevler Mah., 13200

| borough = Tatvan/Bitlis

| country = Turkey

| coordinates = {{coord|38.5135|42.2972|type:railwaystation_region:TR|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Turkish State Railways

| operator = TCDD Taşımacılık

| line = {{Rail color box|system=TCDD|line=Vangölü Feribot}}

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| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 7

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| structure = At-grade

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| opened = 24 October 1964

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| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=TCDD

|line1=Trans-Asia Express West|left1=Tatvan

|line2=Vangölü Feribot|right2=Van Pier

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Tatvan Pier railway station ({{langx|tr|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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{{cite web|url=http://www.trainsofturkey.com/pmwiki.php/History/TCDD |title=TCDD History |website=trinsofturkey.com |access-date=5 December 2017}}

{{cite web|url=https://travel.railturkey.org/2015/12/05/ankara-tehran-train/ |title=Ankara-Tehran train |website=travel.railturkey.org |access-date=5 December 2017}}

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