SUKKUR, Feb 23: The 32-Down Balochistan Express night coach train narrowly escaped a disaster on Monday, when a huge bomb exploded at the railway crossing of Mouladad railway station on the Jacobabad-Quetta route , barely three minutes before the train was to arrive there.

The blast blew off the railway track and left a large ditch at the place. It virtually shook the Jacobabad city, shattering window panes of houses in Mochi Basti and Lashari Mohalla.

The railway authorities said the blast was caused by apparently a home-made bomb. The incident affected the railway traffic to other provinces.