QUETTA, May 31: Train service between Quetta and other parts of the country was suspended for about nine hours on Thursday after a railway bridge was blown up near Spezand, about 20km from here.

According to a senior railway official, an explosive device placed under the small railway bridge on the main tack exploded in the early hours on Thursday.

“A portion of the bridge was damaged by the powerful blast,” the official told Dawn. The track, however, remained intact. This was the third incident of its kind in four days. After the blast all Quetta-bound passenger trains were stopped at Mach and Sibi railway stations and traffic on the main track was suspended.