The four day long work to rule campaigned by the Locomotive Operating Engineers Union (LOEU) is to further hamper the railway service in the country unless the four employees that were sacked following the Ganemulla railway tragedy two months ago are reinstated , Chief Secretary, LOEU, Mahinda Karunaratne said.
Taking into consideration the Railway Department’s decision [...]
The Station Masters’ Trade Union (SMTU) yesterday charged that there was a calculated effort by a section of the Railway Department employees to sabotage the Railway service and put the Government into a difficult position.
President of SMTU, K.V. Jayasena told the media that the income from the Railway service has drastically come down due to [...]
The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union (SLRSMU) yesterday urged the Railway Authorities to recruit personnel according to the old recruitment procedure as the amendments proposed by No. 6/2006 Circular have not been implemented yet.
SLRSMU President K.V. Jayasena told the Daily News yesterday that the authorities should take immediate action to fill the 200 vacancies [...]
Railway unions yesterday charged that the Mahinda Rajapakse administration is still working on a plan to privatise the Sri Lanka Railway (SLR).
The All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) said that Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma’s statement on the government looking at private sector partnership to revive the country’s railway system was proof that the government [...]
Dullas says obtaining its know-how would not be tantamount to privatization.
Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said he would not hesitate to obtain the assistance of the private sector to make the Sri Lanka Railways an efficient and productive state asset that fulfills the aspirations of the public and commuters in particular, if the Railway Department hierarchy [...]
The lack of commitment to improve the country’s railway system has been the bane of the Sri Lanka Railway Department, the All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) alleged.
Chairman, ACREGU, S.P. Vithanage said that due to the lack of hydraulic and power set engines many railway carriages are idling in the railway yards rotting away.
According [...]
Sri Lana’s government plans to deregulate railway freight rates and invite private sector participation to increase movement of goods by rail, according to a new transport policy unveiled recently.
“Railway freight tariffs will be de-regulated and the Sri Lanka Railways will be permitted to determine tariffs competitively to attract freight transport from road to rail,” the [...]
Trade unions affiliated to Sri Lanka Railways have charged that the leasing out of the southern coastal railway line to an Indian rail construction company on July 21 (Monday), was the first step toward the planned railway privatisation programme.
The government on Monday leased out the southern coastal railway line from Galle to Matara to Indian [...]
