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Friendship Express -- symbol of Indo-Pak peace

The Friendship Express train service, hit by bombs that killed at least 66 people, is a high-profile symbol of the peace efforts between India and Pakistan.

DNA Web Team

Updated : Nov 19, 2013, 11:17 PM IST

NEW DELHI: The Friendship Express train service, hit by bombs that killed at least 66 people, is a high-profile symbol of the peace efforts between India and Pakistan.

India and Pakistan have condemned the blasts late Sunday as terrorist attacks aimed at undermining their fragile peace process.

Here are key facts about the train service:

* The Samjhauta (Friendship) Express was launched on 22 July, 1976, to connect the northwest Indian city of Amritsar to the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore.

* India and Pakistan take six-month turns to run the service between Attari station in Amritsar and Lahore. Pakistan Railways coaches are being used until India's turn in May this year.

* Passengers on the Indian side board a special train from New Delhi to Attari before they are taken to Lahore on a different train.

* The train service has been disrupted several times because of tensions between the two countries.

* The service was suspended for a fortnight at the height of an armed insurgency in the northern Punjab state, where Amritsar is located, in 1984. -

* India also stopped the service in January 2002 after an attack on its parliament which New Delhi blamed on militants based in Pakistan. Islamabad denies it was involved in the attack.

* The Samjhauta Express service was resumed in January 2004 after the two countries launched a new peace process. This time, the service was extended from Attari to New Delhi.

* An average of 1,000 passengers board the twice-weekly train every week.

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