Turkey
Van Province
Tuşba

Van railway station

Van railway station is the main railway station in , . Up until July 2015, the Trans-Asia Express, from , , 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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  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: a railway station of Van, Turkey
  • Also known as: “Van”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Van Museum.

Museum
Photo: Clemens Schmillen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The or Urartu Museum is a museum located in the city of in eastern . It showcases on 13,000 m2 a large archaeological and ethnographic record of human life and cultural development in the region from eastern Anatolia’s Stone Age to the present. is situated 4 km southwest of Van railway station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Toprakkale and İpekyolu.

Locality
Photo: EvgenyGenkin, CC BY 2.5.
Rusahinili ", modern , is an ancient Urartian fortress built by Rusa I, located near the modern city of in eastern . The site has been excavated by archaeological teams from , the , and other countries.

Town
is a municipality and district of , . Its area is 956 km2, and its population is 348,046. The district was created at the 2013 reorganisation from part of the former central district of Van, along with the new district .

Photo: Bahoz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a city in , . For Turks from the other regions of Turkey, it has a surprising beach resort feel in an area where their country is farthest from the sea.

Van railway station

Latitude
38.52167° or 38° 31′ 18″ north
Longitude
43.3827° or 43° 22′ 58″ east
Operator
TCDD Taşımacılık
Network
Turkish State Railways
Open location code
8HC5G9CM+M3
Open­Street­Map ID
way 136084377
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Open­Street­Map feature
public_transport=­station
Open­Street­Map feature
railway=­station
Wiki­data ID
Q31188653
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Venetian—“Van railway station” goes by many names.
  • Dutch: “station Van”
  • French: “gare de Van”
  • French: “Gare de Van”
  • German: “Bahnhof Van”
  • Japanese: “ヴァン駅”
  • Persian: “ایستگاه راه‌آهن وان”
  • Turkish: “Van Garı”
  • Venetian: “stasion de Van”

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Highlights include Van and Mezarlık.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Van railway station”. Photo: Babbsack, CC BY-SA 3.0.