Days after Pakistani authorities suspended the Samjhauta Express train services between India and Pakistan, the services resumed on Sunday, 3 March, as the train left New Delhi station for Attari with 12 Pakistani nationals on-board, reported ANI.
“The operation of Samjhauta Express has been suspended today (Thursday) in view of the prevailing tensions between Pakistan and India,” Pakistan's Foreign Office (FO) spokesman said in a statement earlier on Thursday, 28 February.
The Foreign Office had then stated the services will resume when the security situation improves between the neighbouring countries.
The Samjhauta Express, named after the Hindi word for "agreement", comprises six sleeper coaches and an AC 3-tier coach.
The train service was started on July 22, 1976 under the Shimla Agreement that settled the 1971 war between the two nations.
From Lahore, the train departs on Monday and Thursday. The train operates from Delhi on every Wednesday and Sunday.
The sources said the footfall on the train, which generally records an occupancy of around 70 per cent, had fallen drastically post the Pulwama terror attack on February 14 carried out by Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammed in which 40 CRPF jawans were killed.
(With inputs from PTI, ANI)
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