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Nice news. Hope the passenger trains also start soon. Imagine from the western most regions of the UK to Pakistan and then to India and beyond--all land route!
Question: I thought the train crossing at Van between Iran and Turkey was stopped some years ago? And that those taking the train had to cross the border on some boats on Lake Van and then board different train??
Trains cross the Van Lake by ferry without changing tracks. This transition actually shortens the transportation time considerably. Ferries pass between Tatvan and Van in 4 hours, including the ferry loading and unloading operation. Currently, ferries with a capacity of 4000 tons / 50 wagons are gradually put into service. Despite the pandemic in 2020, freight transport passing through Lake Van exceeded 500,000 tons, the annual average growth of this line is around 50%, and it will exceed 1 million tons in a short time with the extension of the Iran line to Pakistan. However, the real boom will be experienced with the integration of Trabzon port and Rize/Iyidere logistics port into the national railway as well as with the high-speed train network reaching Erzincan.
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