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VAN
The station in 2018, following the resumption of passenger service
General information
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; 43.3085
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 PierTerminus Trans-Asia ExpressService suspended Çekentowards Tehran

Van railway station (Turkish: Van garı) is the main railway station in Van, Turkey. 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. 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.

Images

• Passengers debark a train

See also

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

References

1. "Ankara-Tehran train". travel.railturkey.org. Retrieved 5 December 2017.
2. "TCDD History". trinsofturkey.com. Retrieved 5 December 2017.

• Railway stations in Van Province
• Van, Turkey
• Railway stations in Turkey opened in 1971
• Railway stations in Turkey closed in 2015