Thousands of commuters taking the morning Samudradevi express train on the coast line to reach their work places in the city were up in arms over the train been suddenly replaced by a power set.
Asked to account for the move, Sri Lanka Railways’ Operations Manager Vijaya Samarasinghe said: “We received numerous complaints that some commuter [...]
What triggered my memory was an old (very) studio photo of my childhood self staring glumly at the camera while my infant sister timidly leaned towards me. Proudly embossed at the photo’s bottom was “Terminus Studio”. I seem to remember this venerable institution yet standing, till the early 1950s, on the triangular corner where Panchikawatta [...]
Running on a similar track to the Sri Lanka Ports Authority (SLPA) expansion project, the Sri Lanka Railways Department is making plans to construct an Internal Container Terminal (ICT) close to the commercial hub of Sri Lanka for the first time in the country’s history.
“We have already chosen Veyangoda, Ratmalana or Sapugaskanda to go ahead [...]
The 48 hour token strike launched by Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union SLRSMU from Monday midnight came to an end last night.
The members of the SLRSMU had resorted to trade union action as the management of the Sri Lanka Railways continued to ignore their demands for years, General Secretary of the union W. Amarasena [...]
The All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) has requested the Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) to stop charging train commuters a fee for using the public toilets at the Fort Railway Station.
Prior to this decision by the SLR a private company was put in charge of the toilets at the Fort Railway Station and was [...]
Station masters of the Sri Lanka Railway Department began a two-day strike today disrupting the train service and leaving thousands of train commuters stranded at train stations.
Demanding to resolve the salary problems and other few burning issues the Station Masters Union of Sri Lanka Railway department commenced the two-day strike from last midnight.
K.V Jayasena, the [...]
The C.G.R. Station Masters’ Union, which struck work at midnight on Monday, protesting over salary anomalies, has decided to continue the strike crippling train services across the country.
Yesterday morning a number of railway stations did not issue tickets to commuters and people had travelled without tickets.
A Transport Ministry spokesman told The Island that the Ministry [...]
Sri Lanka’s long-neglected railway system can be a more useful complement to roads and could take up much of the bulk freight transport, reducing traffic jams significantly. In a recent BIG Issue interview the Colombo Mayor stated that every effort will be taken to reduce the traffic problem in curtailing the inflow and outflow of [...]
