Surprise checks will be carried out in trains and SLTB and private buses, to ensure the safety of commuters, trains, buses and property, a spokesman of the Ministry of Transport said yesterday.
The Ministry’s security officers will assist the police and armed forces to conduct surprise checks and help to keep possible terrorist acts in check. [...]
The All Ceylon Railway Employees Union (ACREU) charged that unnecessary purchases, wastage and corruption during procurements by the Railway Department and the failure to collect money owed for the leased property owned by the Department had resulted in the loss of income to the Railway Department.
ACREU General Secretary Sumathipala Manavadu said they had complained to [...]
The overhead bridge for pedestrians now being constructed over the railway line near the Courts Complex (Kandy) would have to be dismantled when the planned additional railway track is constructed. The bridge is being constructed over the railway line near the Courts Complex as a number of people have been run over by trains while [...]
Sri Lanka Railways, in a move to upgrade its services and make railways the main medium of public transport, has modernised the Colombo-Kandy-Colombo Intercity service with new railway carriages imported from China.
Transport Minister Dallas Alahapperuma yesterday said: “We want to make the railways the favoured mode of transport by the public and if the operation [...]
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 [...]
Update: A UFRTU official said that Railway unions have called off the planned strike from midnight today after discussions with the Transport Minister over salary and other issues. All train services will be operating as usual tomorrow.
The United Front of the Railway Trade Unions (UFRTU) has decided to lunch a token strike from midnight today after discussions [...]
Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma and his Railway officials have taken their own government by surprise.
The Sri Lanka Railway as we all know has a huge debt burden besides being a loss making venture. Despite all that however, the Railway has resorted to acts of generosity in issuing iron rails free of charge even to private [...]
The Sri Lanka Government Railways is to go through resurgence with the arrival of 15 power sets and 15 locomotive engines from China shortly and face lifting of railway stations island wide, Transport Minister Dulles Alahapperuma said yesterday.
“We are in the process of importing locomotive engines, power sets, coaches and spare parts needed for engine [...]
