Railway Workers to Begin Work-To-Rule Action

Sri Lanka Railways Locomotive Engineers Association states that it has decided to launch a work-to-rule campaign from midnight 2019/09/19.

20 September, 21:57 PM

Railway Trade unions have called off the strike temporarily until 24th of September 2019.

20 September, 16:12 PM

According to Bambalapitiya station trains on strike apparently. Not sure about the validity but I haven't seen any trains go through so far@SLRailwayForum @slrail
— Lahiru Perera (@kriticalvodka) September 20, 2019

@SLRailwayForum This Strike thingy 🙄 pic.twitter.com/NsYOiJ8lW5
— Iffath Ziyard (@IffathZiyard) September 20, 2019

20 September, 12:12 PM

The railway signal system has been restored.#lka #srilanka #railway
— Sri Lanka Railway Forum (@SLRailwayForum) September 20, 2019

20 September, 6:14 AM

Work-to-rule campaign is active.

Please note that there will be train cancellations and delays due to the work-to-rule campaign by Railway Trade Unions.#lka #srilanka #railway
— Sri Lanka Railway Forum (@SLRailwayForum) September 20, 2019

There’s a delay in mainline due to a signal failure between Dematagoda and Colombo Fort.

Situation in Maradana due to signal failure. From Niroshan Panapitiya Hnp

Just announced in Ragama that all trains along the mainline are delayed.
Apparently some signal issue.@SLRailwayForum @slrail
— Lahiru Perera (@kriticalvodka) September 20, 2019

19 September, 3:17 PM

https://twitter.com/NewzMujahid/status/1174600906798768128

At a press conference this afternoon, the Union stated that they would launch an indefinite strike from next Tuesday (24) if their demands are not met.

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