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
Location	Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Blv., Sümer Mah., 56500 Kurtalan/Siirt Turkey
Coordinates	39.9281°N 41.6972°E
Owned by	Turkish State Railways
Operated by	TCDD Taşımacılık
Line(s)	Southern Express
Platforms	1 side platform
Tracks	6
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Parking	Yes
History
Opened	1944
Services
Preceding station   TCDD Taşımacılık   Following station Beşiri toward Ankara Southern Express Terminus

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.

External links

• Kurtalan station information
• Kurtalan station timetable