March 4, 2019
ATTARI: The Samjhauta Express train has resumed services after three days of suspension. Many people who had gone to Pakistan were stranded there when the trains
got cancelled in view of the Indo-Pak conflict following the bomb attack in
Pulwama that killed 40 jawans moving in a convoy to Srinagar from Jammu for
re-deployment last month. India's reprisal on terrorist camps in Balakot led
to the hostilities later. Air and rail services were affected susequently.
The Samjhauta Express train left Lahore in Pakistan for the border town of
Attari with 170 passengers on Sunday. The arrival of the train at Wagah-Attari
was celebrated by people who were eagerly waiting for their friends and relatives
stranded in Pakistan where they had gone on visit before the escalation of the
Indo-Pak hostility.
On the Indian side, the train left Old Delhi railway station for Attari on
the morning of Sunday. According to reports, there were 12 Pakistani nationals
on borad who had come to India and got stranded because of the conflict.
Pakistan ended the service on February 28 "till further notice."
Passengers travelling to Attari were stranded at the Lahore railway station
after Pakistan suspended the train service on Thursday. Passengers travelling
to Attari were stranded at the Lahore railway station after Pakistan suspended
the train service on Thursday.
The Samjhauta Express departs from Lahore on Mondays and Thursdays. The bi-
weekly train comprises of six sleeper coaches and an AC 3-tier coach. On the
India side, the Samjhauta Express runs on Wednesdays and Sundays.
The train runs from Delhi to Attari on the Indian side. The train departs from
the Old Delhi Railway Station at 11.10 pm on Wednesdays and Sundays. On its
return journey from Lahore, the train arrives in India on Mondays and Thursdays.
Attari is the last station on Indian side.
The Samjhauta Express has six sleeper coaches and an AC 3-tier coach. The service
was started on July 22, 1976, under the Simla Agreement that ended the 1971
war between the two countries.
