The Ministry of Transport has called for worldwide tenders to purchase 15 locomotives to improve the railway service upcountry, said Secretary to the Ministry Nihal Somaweera.
The Railway Department operates around 50 locomotives and there is a shortage of 15. With the new engines a better service could be provided to major destinations in the country”, [...]
Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma said approval has been granted to absorb 1,500 casual, substitute and contract employees of the Sri Lanka Railway Service, into the permanent cadre.
A Transport Ministry release said, the Minister has stressed that these 1,500 employees had been recruited before he assumed duty as the Transport Minister.
He said along with General Manager [...]
A train service between Batticaloa and Polonnaruwa not operated in the last few years due to terrorist activity, will be re-commenced by the Government under the Nagenahira Navodaya programme.
Fulfilling another pledge in the Mahinda Chinthana to upgrade infrastructure facilities like transport in the liberated areas, this step would vastly cater to the community needs of [...]
The Transport Ministry is planing to absorb another 850 employees of the Railway Department to the permanent cadre.
They had not been granted permanency for the last 15 years.
These employees who worked on a contract and substitute basis in the Railway lines and maintenance divisions of the CGR have fulfilled the criteria for permanency.
A Spokesman of [...]
About 5000 are employed whose jobs are attached to the All Ceylon Railway Employees General Union (ACREGU) are threatening to launch trade union action if the department fails to grant them an eight hour shift.
Transport Ministry secretary Nihal Somaweera says the eight-hour shift cannot be applied to certain technical categories in the Sri Lanka Railways [...]
Transport Minister Dullas Alahapperuma yesterday assured the House that the Transport Ministry has not taken any decision to vest the management of railway stations in any local or foreign company.
The Minister responding to a question by JVP Parliamentarian Wimal Weerawansa, said the Ministry has no intention whatsoever to hand over railway station management to the [...]
Russian investor keen to develop Bambalapitiya Railway Station
The Project Plan Envisages:
US$ 50 million project development plan
36 Storey building complex with modern facilities
World Class Shopping Malls
A Russian investor has submitted a US$ 50 million project proposal to the Transport Ministry to redevelop and modernise the Bambalapitiya Railway Station following a recent feasibility study, The Nation Economist [...]
Discussions are underway between the Sri Lanka Railway and the Transport Ministry to increase railway fares following the recent fuel price increase.
The last time that the railway increased its fares was in August 1, 2005 stated an official at the department.
“There is a long procedure when railway fares are to be changed, especially because this [...]
