Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb.4 / Trend E. Ismailov /
A blast last night on the railway in Dagestan has not affected trains traveling between Azerbaijan and Russia, Azerbaijani Railways spokesman Nadir Azmammadov told Trend.
He noted that the Baku-Tumen train in the capital on schedule at 2:03 a.m. Baku time.
"The train also departed from Baku on schedule at 6:20 a.m.," Azmammadov said.
According to Russian press, a homemade explosive device exploded in the Kizlar district. The blast occurred on the stage "Departure 17 - Karbagali" near a freight train.
Several train and railway blasts hit Dagestan in 2010. Specifically, on Nov. 27, a large explosion destroyed a railway bed in the Kizlar district. Azerbaijan Railways told Trend earlier that the blasts have reduced passenger traffic from Azerbaijan to Russia.