The Delhi–Lahore Bus, officially known as Sada-e-Sarhad (Translation: Call of the Frontier, Hindi: सदा ए सरहद; Urdu: صدائے سرحد),[1] is a passenger bus service connecting the Indian capital of New Delhi, Delhi with the city of Lahore, Pakistan via the border transit post at Wagah near Attari.
The Routemaster bus number 10 was of symbolic importance to the efforts of the governments of both nations to foster peaceful and friendly relations.
[2] In its inaugural run on 19 February 1999, the bus carried the then-Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, who was to attend a summit in Lahore and was received by his Pakistani counterpart, Nawaz Sharif at Wagah.
[1][2] In August 2019 Pakistan decided to stop the service in the wake of India revoking Jammu and Kashmir's special status.
[4] Vajpayee's bus journey and arrival in Pakistan was met with much fanfare on both sides of the border and worldwide media coverage.
[8] Both governments soon promulgated the 1999 Lahore Declaration, which pledged both nations to the peaceful resolution of bilateral disputes, especially that of the Kashmir conflict and deployment of nuclear weapons, while fostering friendly commercial and cultural relations.
[4][6] Since its inception, the bus has frequently carried trade delegations, diplomats and celebrities to both nations, attracting much media coverage.
The bus is air-conditioned and carries on-board entertainment such as film shows, video and music players as well as a mobile telephone service.