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Blast on Mount Lavinia railway track halts train services

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

A powerful explosion ripped through a railway track just outside the Sri Lankan capital on Wednesday causing disruption to commuter services, police said.
Police said there were no casualties following the blast at Mount Lavinia, but the Colombo-bound track was damaged and train services were suspended pending investigation.
“Fortunately there was no train passing at the time,” [...]

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Station masters launch lightning TU action

Wednesday, January 7th, 2009

Station Masters (SM) launched a lightning trade union action at Maradana and Fort railway stations last afternoon and the passengers travelled without tickets as counters had been closed as a result of the strike.
Railway General Manager Dr. Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said the cause for the strike was the transfer of two SMs for misappropriation of department [...]

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