Sri Lanka Railways (SLR) yesterday said that arrangements have been made to solve the issues put forward by the striking station masters.
The SLR General Manager addressing the media yesterday said they had made arrangements to solve the issues put forward by the Sri Lanka Station Masters’ Union (SLSMU).
Speaking to The Morning Leader Operating Superintendent, SLR, [...]
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 [...]
A ceremony to transform the Megammana and Pahalathalawinna railway halts into substations will be held today in Pahalathalawinna in the Matale district with Railways General Manager Lalithasiri Gunaruwan in attendance.
The passengers have requested the department to upgrade these halts into substations for several years.
The Geli Oya substation in the Kandy district will also be upgraded [...]
It was the late evening of Saturday the 14th, December. I was a passenger in the Colombo bound intercity train from Nanu Oya. When it reached Ihalakotte, a small station situated between Kadugannawa and Kadigamuwa, the train was stopped by the control room to give way to a Kandy bound train, which should have reached [...]
The Railway Department has repaired 155 railway carriages and 26 railway locomotives since 2006 and these carriages and locomotives have been successfully introduced by the Railway into regular service. The department has also successfully renovated 122 Railway Station since 2006.
The Railway has been able to construct new railway bridges over Kaluthara, Keleniya, Pingwatta, Seeduwa, Ja [...]
