A group consisting of Indian Railway Department engineers and technicians has arrived in the North to commence work on the reconstruction of the railway tracks and railway stations from Oamanthai to Kaangkeasanthu’rai (KKS), a project which India earlier announced as aid to Sri Lanka, sources in Vavuniyaa said.
The Indian engineers and technicians presently located in [...]
Salary anomalies of over 2,000 station masters in the Railway Department will be rectified before April with the approval of the Salaries and Cadres Commission, the Railway Operating Superintendent, Vijaya Samarasinghe said.
Speaking to the Sunday Observer, he said all information pertaining to station masters’ salary anomalies have already been submitted to the Salaries and Cadres [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union (SLRSMU) will launch a token strike at Tuesday midnight demanding the implementation of the 6/2006 departmental circular regarding salary revisions to all grades of Station masters, salary increments to the station masters who have been promoted to Grade One and to fill the 200 vacancies in their cadre.
The [...]
A host of newly constructed facilities for differently abled railway passengers will be declared open tomorrow at the Maradana Railway Station tomorrow, Operating Superintendant of Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) Vijaya Samarasinghe said.
This project is a joint venture by SLR and the National Secretariat for Disabled People run by the Ministry of Social Services.
An elevator, five [...]
Commemorating the fourth anniversary of Sri Lanka’s unprecedented tragedy of the deadly Tsunami, the Railway Department is scheduled to launch today the repaired engine of the train that was struck by the tsunami in 2004.
The historical first journey of the engine will commence at about 6:30 a.m. today from the Fort Railway station with the participation of [...]
The All Ceylon Railway Employees’ Union (ACREU) queries whether the ‘Colombo Gedara’ is a genuine commuter requirement. Railway employees are skeptical as to whether the project would fulfil the urgent need for facilities to train and bus commuters, the union said.The commuter toilet at the Fort Railway station has been sold out. The commuters are [...]
