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The Lake Van Ferry (Turkish: Van Gölü Feribotu) is a passenger and train ferry service operated by the Turkish State Railways. It runs 90.6 kilometres (56.3 mi) in Lake Van between Van and Tatvan. Ferry service began operations in 1971, when a railway from Van to Sufian, Iran was built. The ferry carries mainly railcars across the lake along ...
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. [1]
The Lake Van Express or Van Lake Express (Turkish: Van Gölü Ekspresi), operated by TCDD Transport is an overnight train consisting of pullman, couchettes, sleeping and dining wagons, which runs twice a week on the Ankara-Tatvan [4] route of over 1,300 km. Travelling the full route takes about 26 hours. [5]
Van Pier railway station (Turkish: Van İskele istasyonu) is a railway station and pier in Van, Turkey.Situated on the eastern shore of Lake Van, 5.8 km (3.6 mi) west of the city center, the station serves as a connection between modes of transport, with two slips carrying a total of seven tracks.
Tatvan railway station is located in the town of Tatvan, Turkey in eastern Anatolia. It is one of two railway stations serving the town, the other one being Tatvan Pier. Opened in 1964 by the Turkish State Railways, it is serviced by a twice-weekly intercity train, the Van Lake Express to Ankara, as well as a daily regional train to Elazığ. [1]
The Van—Sufian railway (Turkish: Van-Sufian demiryolu, Persian: راه آهن وان-صوفيان) is a 362 kilometres (225 mi) long single track railway in eastern Turkey and western Iran. The railway begins at the Van Pier in Van , Turkey , on the eastern shore of Lake Van , and runs east to Sufian , Iran , where it connects to the Tabriz ...
Lake Van (Turkish: Van Gölü; Armenian: Վանա լիճ, romanized: Vana lič̣; Kurdish: Gola Wanê [3]) is the largest lake in Turkey. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It lies in the Eastern Anatolia Region of Turkey in the provinces of Van and Bitlis , in the Armenian highlands .
This is a route-map template for the Lake Van Express, an overnight passenger train in Turkey.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.