Pak restored Samjhhauta Express train running between New Delhi-Lahore
KS Diwan/ royalpatiala.in/ Chandigarh
In another goodwill gesture Pakistan Government is going to restore the services of Samjhauta Express Train , running between New Delhi –Lahore, which was stopped by Pakistan Government after the Air Strikes by India at POK area.The train will start from tomorrow evening.
The Samjhauta Express train service was set up with an agreement between Indian Railways (IR) and Pakistan Railways (PR) to alternately use an Indian and a Pakistani rake and locomotive for the train, six months at a time. So, for half of the year it’s run by Indian Railways and for the other half by Pakistan Railways. The Samjahuta Express departs from Lahore on Mondays and Thursdays. From the India side, the Samjhauta Express runs on Wednesdays and Sundays. The train departs from the Old Delhi Railway Station at 11:10 pm.
Earlier authorities in Islamabad have indefinitely suspended the Samjhauta Express, a decades-old train service between India and Pakistan. A statement by Pakistan’s foreign office said that the train service with India has been suspended “till further notice”. The move by Islamabad comes amid heightened tension between India and Pakistan in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack.
