The Railway Department yesterday pledged that all unprotected railway crossings countrywide will be installed with gates if necessary funds are released by Local Government authorities. According to Railway higher authorities over 200 railway crossings, especially in the rural areas will have to be installed with either rail gates or signal lights.
Speaking to the Sunday Observer [...]
The token strike in the railway service scheduled for today has been called off by the Railway Services Combined Trade Union Alliance (RSCTUA) following a discussion with Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma, the trade union leaders said yesterday.
“We had a discussion with Minister Alahapperuma and his officials this morning and we were given an assurance that [...]
Sri Lanka is to purchase 15 locomotive engines to improve the railway service, which has been subjected to heavy criticism recently, for under performance and bureaucratic inefficiency.
SL Railways imported eight high tech French-built engines in 2002, which was a sham as only two of the engines are presently in running condition.
Minister of Transport, Dulles Alahapperuma, [...]
Nearly 1,500 employees in the Railway Department who had not been made permanent for the past 15 years will be absorbed into the permanent cadre. The appointment letters will be given by Minister Dullas Allahapperuma at the National Youth Services Council in Maharagama today.
The Minister told the Daily News these 1,500 employees of the CGR [...]
A van was hit by a Train at an unprotected level crossing near Gelioya yesterday. One person was killed and three others were injured in the accident. The injured have been admitted to the Kandy Teaching hospital.
The persons travelling on the van were employees of Dialog Telekom, the mobile telecommunication company. The police are conducting [...]
Seven out of the ten class M9 Alstom railway engines that the Sri Lanka Railway (SLR) bought in 1997 from France are now out of order and the SLR lacks funds to repair and put them back into use.
SLR bought these railway engines at Rs. 20 million each amidst criticism from engineers. The engines cost [...]
