The Thar Link Express, which carried 165 passengers from India to Pakistan at 1 p.m. on Saturday, returned to Munabao railway station carrying equal number of passengers from Pakistan at 5.40 p.m., confirmed Gopal Sharma, PRO, Jodhpur railway division.
After completing the custom formalities in Munabao, the transit point on the India-Pakistan border in Barmer district, the train shall reach Bhagat Ki Kothi railway station near Jodhpur soon, Sharma said.
The train from Karachi reached the Zero Point at 10 a.m. after leaving Pakistan on time on Friday night, a railway official said. After clearing customs facilities, it took off for Bhagat Ki Kothi and reached Munabao at 5.40 pm, he said.