Sri Lanka Railway Station Masters’ Union has decided to call off their trade union action following a discussion with State Minister of Transport Dilum Amunugama yesterday. Speaking to the media, the union’s chairman Sumedha Somarathna said favourable responses were received for 10 of their demands. Accordingly, the station masters are expected to resume their duties as per usual from tomorrow and recommence issuing train tickets. However, he added not all trains would be up and running today,. Earlier today, the station masters warned that they would resort to an uninterrupted strike action if the authorities fail to meet their demands.

The railway station masters launched a union action last week, based on multiple demands including the granting of coverage allowances if promotions cannot be given and the calculation of overtime for them under the same system used to calculate overtime for engine drivers.