Van Pier railway station

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

{{Infobox station

| name = VAN İSKELE

| type = TCDD ferry pier

| style = TCDD

| image = Van Pier.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Van pier in 1985.

| address = Göl 1 Sk., İskele Mah., 65040

| borough = Van Merkez/Van

| country = Turkey

| coordinates = {{coord|38.5170|43.3085|type:railwaystation_region:TR|display=inline,title}}

| owned = Turkish State Railways

| operator = TCDD Taşımacılık

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

| distance =

| platforms = 1 island platform

| tracks = 7

| train_operators =

| connections =

| structure = At-grade

| parking =

| bicycle =

| accessible =

| code =

| zone =

| website =

| opened = 1971

| closed =

| passengers =

| pass_year =

| pass_rank =

| services = {{Adjacent stations|system1=TCDD

|line1=Trans-Asia Express East|right1=Van

|line2=Vangölü Feribot|left2=Tatvan Pier|right2=

}}

}}

Van Pier railway station ({{langx|tr|Van İskele istasyonu}}) is a railway station and pier in Van, Turkey. Situated on the eastern shore of Lake Van, {{convert|5.8|km|abbr=on}} 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.

References

{{reflist|refs=

{{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}}

}}

Category:Railway stations in Van Province

Category:Lake Van

Category:Railway stations in Turkey opened in 1971