Tatvan Pier railway station

TATVAN İSKELE
TCDD ferry pier
Location	Tatvan İskelesi, Şirinevler Mah., 13200 Tatvan/Bitlis Turkey
Coordinates	38°30′49″N 42°17′50″E / 38.5135°N 42.2972°E / 38.5135; 42.2972Coordinates: 38°30′49″N 42°17′50″E / 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 toward Ankara Service suspended Terminus Terminus Lake Van Ferry Van Pier Terminus

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 also carries freight railcars and automobiles across the lake. Up until July 2015, the , 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.

Tatvan Pier station was opened on 24 October 1964 by the Turkish State Railways.^[2]

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• Station timetable