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Prior to the partition of India into India and Pakistan, at midnight on 14/15 August 1947, there were of course a number of lines across the future border. In more recent times, only two have remained in use but these were not infrequently closed at times of tension between the two countries. | Prior to the partition of India into India and Pakistan, at midnight on 14/15 August 1947, there were of course a number of lines across the future border. Trains apparently continued running across the border for a few years, but no details are known. In more recent times, only two have remained in use but these were not infrequently closed at times of tension between the two countries. As at 2025, neither line is in use. | ||
====(Amritsar -) Attari IR - Wagah PR (- Lahore)==== | ====(Amritsar -) Attari IR - Wagah PR (- Lahore)==== | ||
Following the Shimla Accords, a weekly train, the ‘Samjhauta [=‘understanding’] Express’ was started in 1976 between Amritsar and Lahore. This ceased in the late 1980s when IR terminated their service at Attari. The PR service ran to and from Attari, where border procedures were carried out. Originally daily, the train became twice weekly in 1994, with the border section being traversed on Mondays and Thursdays.<br> | |||
The service was discontinued several times following incidents: 1 January 2002 - 15 January 2004; from 27 December 2007 for an unknown period and finally on 9 August 2019. | |||
====(Jodhpur -) Munabao IR - Zero Point Khokhropar PR (- Mirpur Khas - Hyderabad(Sindh))==== | ====(Jodhpur -) Munabao IR - Zero Point Khokhropar PR (- Mirpur Khas - Hyderabad(Sindh))==== | ||
This was originally a metre gauge line. It remained open after partition until the war of 1965, in which part of it was destroyed. It was later reconstructed and converted to the standard 'Indian' gauge: Jodhpur - Munabao (IR) was completed in 2004 and Mirpur Khas - Khokhropar (PR) in 2006, whereupon services resumed. Escalating tensions resulted in the service being withdrawn on 9 August 2019. | This was originally a metre gauge line. It remained open after partition until the war of 1965, in which part of it was destroyed. It was later reconstructed and converted to the standard 'Indian' gauge: Jodhpur - Munabao (IR) was completed in 2004 and Mirpur Khas - Khokhropar (PR) in 2006, whereupon services resumed. Escalating tensions resulted in the service being withdrawn on 9 August 2019. | ||
Revision as of 11:15, 6 June 2025
India - Pakistan
Prior to the partition of India into India and Pakistan, at midnight on 14/15 August 1947, there were of course a number of lines across the future border. Trains apparently continued running across the border for a few years, but no details are known. In more recent times, only two have remained in use but these were not infrequently closed at times of tension between the two countries. As at 2025, neither line is in use.
(Amritsar -) Attari IR - Wagah PR (- Lahore)
Following the Shimla Accords, a weekly train, the ‘Samjhauta [=‘understanding’] Express’ was started in 1976 between Amritsar and Lahore. This ceased in the late 1980s when IR terminated their service at Attari. The PR service ran to and from Attari, where border procedures were carried out. Originally daily, the train became twice weekly in 1994, with the border section being traversed on Mondays and Thursdays.
The service was discontinued several times following incidents: 1 January 2002 - 15 January 2004; from 27 December 2007 for an unknown period and finally on 9 August 2019.
(Jodhpur -) Munabao IR - Zero Point Khokhropar PR (- Mirpur Khas - Hyderabad(Sindh))
This was originally a metre gauge line. It remained open after partition until the war of 1965, in which part of it was destroyed. It was later reconstructed and converted to the standard 'Indian' gauge: Jodhpur - Munabao (IR) was completed in 2004 and Mirpur Khas - Khokhropar (PR) in 2006, whereupon services resumed. Escalating tensions resulted in the service being withdrawn on 9 August 2019.
