Van railway station

VAN
Passengers disembarking from an international train from Iran in 2009.
Location	İstasyon Cd., İstasyon Mah., 65100 Van Merkez/Van Turkey
Coordinates	38°31′01″N 43°18′31″E / 38.5170°N 43.3085°E / 38.5170; 43.3085Coordinates: 38°31′01″N 43°18′31″E / 38.5170°N 43.3085°E / 38.5170; 43.3085
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Operated by	TCDD Taşımacılık
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	7
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	In front of station building
History
Opened	1971
Closed	July 2015
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station Van Pier Terminus Trans-Asia Express Service suspended Çeken toward Tehran

Van railway station (Turkish: Van garı) is the main railway station in Van, Turkey. As of November 2017, the station is not served by any passenger trains. Up until July 2015, the Trans-Asia Express, from Tehran, Iran, stopped at the station. The train would continue to the Van Pier, where passengers would travel to Tatvan via ferry, and the western half of the train would continue to Ankara.^[1] As of mid-2015, freight trains are the only rail traffic at the station. However, as of September 2018, a twice weekly service to Tabriz is due to resume.

Van Pier station was opened in 1971 by the Turkish State Railways.^[2]

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See Also

• Edirne railway station - Opened in the same year, with the near-identical station buildings.