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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. In more recent times, only two have remained in use but these were not infrequently closed at times of tension between the two countries.
(Amritsar -) Attari IR - Wagah PR (- Lahore)
(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 Escalating tensions resulted in the service being withdrawn on 9 August 2019.
