Van railway station ( tr, Van garı) is the main

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. Up until July 2015, the

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, 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

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. As of mid-2015, freight trains are the only rail traffic at the station. However, as of September 2018, a twice weekly service to

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is due to resume. Van Pier station was opened in 1971 by the Turkish State Railways.

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Van train station in Van, Turkey.JPG, Passengers debark a train

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