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 [...]
The Colombo bound “Samudradevi” express train from Galle was held up for more than one hour at Ambalangoda railway station last morning due to a protest staged by the passengers compelling the authorities to provide adequate facilities in the train. The protestors, most of whom were regular travellers including government servants, obstructed the railway line [...]
Pressing passenger issues must be addressed
Utter mayhem broke loose at Fort Railway Station a few days ago when a group of enraged passengers started attacking the railway workers and damaging the railway property.
Although it may seem just another case of civil unrest, caused by a single incident of trains being delayed, it commands a closer [...]
Sri Lanka Railways General Manager, Dr.Lalithasiri Gunaruwan said that though the Government was compelled to raise rail fares after a lapse of three years from midnight yesterday it had taken into consideration school children and university students who travel on season tickets by granting a subsidy of almost 90%.
He said the government had also taken [...]
It is heartening to note that the Minister Dullas Allahapperum is taking measures to improve the state of railway transportation in the country.
He has already imported new compartments from China and has hopes to import more in the future.
It is not only the increase in the number of compartments and engines that is needed.
Maintenance of [...]
This very encouraging report appeared in the Daily News of December 18.
The railway authorities introduced new carriages imported from China at a cost of Rs. 30 million each, totalling Rs. 750 million in all.
It is a very laudable and most appreciable step taken by the railway authorities to offer comfortable and convenient service to the [...]
Sri Lanka Railway has decided to put the newly imported railway carriages on track from mid October. The carriages are now in test runs, said a senior official of the Railway Department.
The 25 new carriages are a part of the 100 carriages ordered from China. They cannot be linked to all kinds of locomotives since [...]
