India Cancels Samjhauta Express Service
- 11-Aug-2019
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New Delhi: Days after Pakistan suspended the Samjhauta Express train service that runs between New Delhi and Lahore, India on Sunday cancelled its operation as well. The decision was taken after Pakistan suspended operations on its side.
In consequent to Pakistan’s decision to cancel Samjhauta Express 14607/14608 running between Lahore and Atari, the link express train number 14001/14002 running between Delhi and Atari also stands cancelled (sic), said Deepak Kumar, Chief Public Relations Officer of Northern Railway.
Islamabad had on Thursday announced it was suspending the bi-weekly Samjhauta train service connecting Lahore and Delhi as part of downgrading of diplomatic ties with India in response to the scrapping special status to Jammu & Kashmir.
Pakistan’s minister for railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said the service would remain suspended indefinitely. Addressing a press conference in Islamabad, Rasheed said the bogies of the Samjhauta Express would now be used for passengers travelling on the occasion of Eid.
