Lake Van Express

Van Gölü Ekspresi
Overview
Service type	Inter-city rail
Status	Operating
Locale	Central, Eastern Anatolia
Current operator(s)	TCDD Taşımacılık
Former operator(s)	Turkish State Railways
Website	Van Gölü Ekspresi (in Turkish)
Route
Termini	Ankara Tatvan
Distance travelled	1,352 km (840 mi)
Average journey time	25 hr 50 min (to Tatvan) 25 hr 40 min (to Ankara)
Service frequency	2 days a week From Ankara Tuesdays and Sundays From Tatvan Tuesdays and Thursdays
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Operating speed	80
Route map Legend km Ankara railway station[1][2][3] Kayaş Elmadağ Irmak Yahşihan Kırıkkale railway station Balışıh Çerikli Sekili Yerköy Karaosman Caferli Şefaatli Sarıkent Karasenir Kanlıca Yenifakılı Himmetdede Boğazköprü Kayseri Sarıoğlan Karaözü Yeniçubuk Şarkışla Hanlı Sivas Bostankaya Yenikangal Çetinkaya Demiriz Akçamağara Akgedik Hekimhan Yazıhan Malatya Battalgazi Fırat Kuşsarayı Pınarlı Baskil Şefkat Yolçatı Elazığ Yurt Çağlar Palu Beyhan Ekerek Suveren Genç Bozkanat Oymapınar Asmakaya Kurt Muş Sıcaksu Rahova Tatvan This diagram: view talk edit

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]

The train previously ran between Haydarpaşa, Istanbul and Tatvan, but due to the construction of the Ankara–Istanbul high-speed railway, the service was shortened and the starting point of the journey became Ankara.