Railway employees are up in arms against an alleged secret plan by the Transport Minister to hand over the waiting rooms at the Kandy Railway Station to the Hilton Hotel, Organisation for Protection of the Properties and the Rights of Railway Employees (OPPRRE) Sumathipala Manawadu said.
Manawadu told The Morning Leader that discussions to hand [...]
Sri Lanka Railway Guards Union has decided to inform the Transport Minister of their unresolved problems by sending telegrams.
The Guards Union is scheduled to send 500 telegrams from various places to the Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma tomorrow requesting to address their concerns.
According to the Guards Union they are burning with five major unresolved [...]
The All Ceylon Railway Employees’ General Union (ACREGU) is to stage a protest campaign shortly to urge the government to remove Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma and General Manager Sri Lanka Railways (SLR), Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan from their posts, ACREGU officials told The Morning Leader.
According to Secretary, ACREGU, Sumathipala Manawadu, Minister Alahapperuma was the [...]
The Railways Department has implemented a series of development projects to provide an efficient train service to commuters in the coastline.
Following a request made by commuters, the first train commencing from Alutgama to Colombo has been introduced. Concrete sleepers have been laid by the Department to ensure a smooth and speedy journey.
Several new [...]
The Auditor General’s Department has revealed that there were only three retired officers in the batch of 120 ‘retired officers’ of the armed forces recruited by the Department of Railways for its Railway Security Force. However, All Ceylon Railway Employees’ Union member S P Vithanage charged that all officers continue to work at the Department [...]
The main unions of the Sri Lanka Railway Department have decided to launch an island wide strike over their unresolved problems. According to the union sources the 30 main unions of the Department are to meet today to take a final decision on the strike and to decide the exact date if they strike. The [...]
Update: According to the GMR, the tomorrows trial run have been cancelled.
The Sri Lanka Railways will conduct trial runs from Colombo to Anuradhapura on January 16 to test whether the journey could be completed in three hours.
Speaking to the Daily News, Railway Transport Superintendent, Vijaya Samarasinghe said the Department has already conducted two trial runs from [...]
New time table has been announced by the Department of Railways, for the trains that run on the upcountry line, with effect from 17th January.
Train
Number
Train
Old Time
New Time
Departure
Arrival
Departure
Arrival
1030
Kandy to Fort
06.15 am
08.55 am
06.10 am
08.47 am
1036
Kandy to Fort
06.35 am
09.45 am
06.30 am
09.47 am
1137
Nawalapitiya to Hatton
06.25 am
08.13 am
06.45 am
08.25 am
1142
Kandy to Nawalapitiya
09.45 am
10.55 am
09.40 am
10.51 am
1511
Kandy to Polgahawela
02.50 am
04.32 [...]
