Up until July 2015, the Trans-Asia Express, from Tehran, Iran, 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 Ankara.

[1] As of mid-2015, freight trains are the only rail traffic at the station.

However, as of September 2018, a twice weekly service to Tabriz is due to resume.

Van Pier station was opened in 1971 by the Turkish State Railways.