At least four cars of Quetta-bound Bolan Mail derailed after a blast damaged the railway track near Dera Allah Yar area of Jaffarabad district, some 280 km east of provincial capital, police said on Friday.
Police told the APP that some unidentified men had planted a bomb on the railway track that exploded when the Bolan Mail reached there. Four cars of the train derailed.
The explosion damaged a 100 feet stretch of the track and created 4 feet deep crater, however, the passengers remained safe. The rail service between Quetta and rest of the country was suspended. Officials, railway technical teams rushed to the site and started repair work. An investigation has been started into the act of sabotage.