Pakistani authorities briefly suspended the train service on Februfollowing tensions in the aftermath of the Pulwama terror attack in which 40 CRPF soldiers were killed. The train service was started on Junder the Simla Agreement that settled the 1971 war between the two nations. The train named after the Hindi word for “agreement”, comprises six sleeper coaches and an AC 3-tier coach. In the summer of 1947, when the creation of the state of Paki. Samjhauta Express, which started in July 1976 to improve people-to-people connect between the two countries after the Simla Agreement, has been stopped whenever relations between India and Pakistan got strained. Read 1867 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers. This is the first time that a rake was stranded on either side for a period of five months.
Usually, the rakes are returned to the home country the same day or after an overnight stay. A train still runs between India and Pakistan, twice a week, on Mondays and Thursdays.
Rakes belonging to Pakistan are used from January to June while Indian rakes are used from July to December. The two countries take turns of six month each to use their rakes for the Samjhauta Express. There are numerous, though not widely reported, instances of reverse migration from Pakistan to India in 1947.