Kurtalan railway station

Kurtalan railway station (Turkish: Kurtalan Garı) is the easternmost railway station in Siirt Province, Turkey. It is also the eastern terminus of the Southern Kurtalan Express which connects Ankara and Kurtalan.[1]

KURTALAN
TCDD intercity rail station
LocationRecep Tayyip Erdoğan Blv., Sümer Mah., 56500
Kurtalan/Siirt
Turkey
Coordinates39.9281°N 41.6972°E / 39.9281; 41.6972
Owned byTurkish State Railways
Operated byTCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)
  Southern Express
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks6
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
ParkingYes
History
Opened1944
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station
Beşiri
toward Ankara
Southern ExpressTerminus

Kurtalan station was opened in 1944 by the Turkish State Railways. The station was built as part of the railway from Diyarbakır to the Iranian border, via Tatvan and Van, which began in 1937. The railway reached Kurtalan in 1940, but due to the mountainous terrain around Lake Van, the route to Van was altered to begin at Elazığ, leaving Kurtalan as the eastern terminus of the railway. In 2017 the State Railways began planning a 21 km (13 mi) extension east to the provincial capital, Siirt.[2]

TCDD Taşımacılık operates a daily intercity train to Ankara.[3] (temporarily Irmak)

References
  1. "Guney Kurtalan Express (Ankara Kurtalan train)". Rail Turkey En. 2018-10-14. Retrieved 2019-11-10.
  2. "Kurtalan'dan Siirt'e demiryolu uzatılıyor". rayhaber.com (in Turkish). Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  3. "Güney Kurtalan Ekspresi". tcddseferleri.com. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
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