INDIAN GEOGRAPHY

TRANSPORT AND COMMUNICATION

RAILWAYS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
which is The only train which runs between India and Pakistan?
A
Vidharbha express
B
Shatabdi express
C
Samjhauta Express
D
Deccan Queen
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Atari in India to Lahore in Pakistan. It is also known as Friendship Express. It is a bi-weekly train that runs between Delhi and Attari in India and Lahore in Pakistan. The word ‘Samjhauta’ means ‘agreement’.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Samjhauta Express ( transl. Compromise Express) was a bi-weekly train-Thursday and Monday-that runs between Delhi and Attari in India and Lahore in Pakistan. The word Samjhauta means “agreement", “accord” and “compromise” in both Hindi and Urdu.

Detailed explanation-3: -The first train between India and Pakistan, the Samjhauta Express, began running between Amritsar and Lahore in 1976. The source and destination station of Samjhauta Express is from Old Delhi India to Lahore Pakistan. Samjhauta express connects India and Pakistan through railways.

Detailed explanation-4: -On 18 February 2006, it was revived after a period of 41 years. In 2019, as a result of the revocation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan’s railway minister Sheikh Rasheed decreed that there would be no more rail transport links between India and Pakistan.

Detailed explanation-5: -It runs with a super speed of 62 km/hour and stops by nowhere between the Delhi and Lahore. As per the time table, train 14001 leaves Old Delhi at 23:50 hours and reaches Lahore at 07:30 hours next day of the travel. Train 14002 leaves Lahore at 20:00 hours and reaches Old Delhi at 03:35 hours.

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