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		<title>Benefits to rail men</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2009/07/02/benefits-to-rail-men</link>
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		<description><![CDATA[Railway employees numbering 17,000 are to be benefited in the way of getting distress alleviating payment, Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said.
This would be in addition to the distress loan entitled for public servants. The cabinet has given approval to a cabinet paper submitted by Minister Alahapperuma to this effect.
Accordingly, employees of the Sri Lanka Railways [...]


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		<title>Further boost for Northern railway</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2009/07/01/further-boost-for-northern-railway</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:45:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Government has decided to reconstruct the stretch of the Northern railway line between Jaffna and Kankesanthurai (52 km) on a special request by President Mahinda Rajapaksa to strengthen the railway services for the benefit of the people living in the Jaffna peninsula. 
Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said that reconstruction work had already begun from [...]


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		<title>Over 100 ticketless train commuters nabbed</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2009/06/30/over-100-ticketless-train-commuters-nabbed</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:18:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One hundred and thirty persons travelling in second class compartments in trains without valid tickets were nabbed by the Railway Security Service during raids conducted on the Galu Kumari, Ruhunu Kumari, Sagarika and other trains on the coastal line on June 26. 
Among the suspects are six women who are Government servants, said Railway Security [...]


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		<title>Double accidents</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2009/06/29/double-accidents</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
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A van that had gone down a precipice in Haputale had fallen on to the railroad track and then been struck by a goods train and thrown off the track.

The accident had caused serious injuries to the van driver and heavy damage to the vehicle.  The van had been going down a steep hill on [...]


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		<title>Elephant Pass Railway Station to turn &#8220;Affection Port&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2009/06/29/elephant-pass-railway-station-to-turn-affection-port</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 08:11:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Ministry of Education has decided to gift the Elephant Pass railway station to the northern as an &#8216;Affection Port&#8217; with the contribution from all Sri Lankan students and teachers under the &#8216;Uthuru Mithuru Yal Devi Train Concept&#8217; mooted by President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The decision was arrived at  by the ministry to inculcate the vital [...]


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		<title>Sri Lanka to use Pakistan railway to fix war-ravaged track</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2009/06/28/sri-lanka-to-use-pakistan-railway-to-fix-war-ravaged-track</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 14:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka&#8217;s state-run railways is discussing a deal with Pakistan Railways to rehabilitate track damaged in an internal war and upgrade passenger coaches, a media report said.
Pakistan Railways will rehabilitate 250 kilometres of war damaged track, the Pakistan Observer website said. 
The reported quoted Pakistan Railways chairman Samiul Haq Khilji as having told a board [...]


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		<title>Yal Devi was a way of life for the Jaffna citizen</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2009/06/28/yal-devi-was-a-way-of-life-for-the-jaffna-citizen</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 13:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Much has been said and written about the Yal Devi lately. As a regular traveller on this train in bygone days, I feel I should share my experiences with readers. 
The Yal Devi was a very comfortable train. You got into the Utthara Devi after lunch and you reached Jaffna in time for dinner. The [...]


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		<title>permanent appointments to 500 railway employees</title>
		<link>http://www.slrfc.org/2009/06/27/permanent-appointments-to-500-railway-employees</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 19:26:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka government is to give permanent appointments to a group of temporary employees in the Railway Department. 
The Railway Department said the letters of appointment for permanent employment will be handed over tomorrow to a group of 500 temporary employees who have been working in minor capacity at selected railway stations island wide. 
The [...]


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