{"id":4004,"date":"2025-06-06T10:04:03","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T04:34:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004"},"modified":"2025-06-06T10:04:03","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T04:34:03","slug":"locomotive-operating-engineers-to-halt-coastal-train-operations-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004","title":{"rendered":"Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Railways Locomotive Operating Engineers\u2019 Union has announced its readiness to withdraw from operating coastal railway services starting at 12 noon today (June 6), in protest over unresolved issues related to the malfunctioning signaling system.<\/p>\n<p>According to union sources, discussions have been scheduled for this morning with the General Manager of Sri Lanka Railways to address the matter.<\/p>\n<p>However, union representatives have stated that if a satisfactory response is not received during these talks, they will proceed with the planned withdrawal of services.<\/p>\n<p>facebook sharing button Sharetwitter sharing button Tweet<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Sri Lanka Railways Locomotive Operating Engineers\u2019 Union has announced its readiness to withdraw from operating coastal railway services starting at 12 noon today (June 6), in protest over unresolved issues related to the malfunctioning signaling system. According to union sources, discussions have been scheduled for this morning with the General Manager of Sri Lanka [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today? - LANKA NEWS NETWORK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today? - LANKA NEWS NETWORK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sri Lanka Railways Locomotive Operating Engineers\u2019 Union has announced its readiness to withdraw from operating coastal railway services starting at 12 noon today (June 6), in protest over unresolved issues related to the malfunctioning signaling system. According to union sources, discussions have been scheduled for this morning with the General Manager of Sri Lanka [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/lankanewsnetwork\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-06-06T04:34:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/traine.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"746\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"437\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"SMW Kodithuwakku\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@lnn_english\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@lnn_english\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"SMW Kodithuwakku\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233\"},\"headline\":\"Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today?\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-06T04:34:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004\"},\"wordCount\":99,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/traine.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004\",\"name\":\"Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today? - LANKA NEWS NETWORK\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/traine.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-06-06T04:34:03+00:00\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?p=4004#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/traine.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/traine.jpg\",\"width\":746,\"height\":437},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/LNN-Logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/07\\\/LNN-Logo.jpg\",\"width\":800,\"height\":445,\"caption\":\"LANKA NEWS NETWORK\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/web.facebook.com\\\/lankanewsnetwork\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/lnn_english\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233\",\"name\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"SMW Kodithuwakku\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\\\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today? - LANKA NEWS NETWORK","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today? - LANKA NEWS NETWORK","og_description":"The Sri Lanka Railways Locomotive Operating Engineers\u2019 Union has announced its readiness to withdraw from operating coastal railway services starting at 12 noon today (June 6), in protest over unresolved issues related to the malfunctioning signaling system. According to union sources, discussions have been scheduled for this morning with the General Manager of Sri Lanka [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004","og_site_name":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK","article_publisher":"https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/lankanewsnetwork","article_published_time":"2025-06-06T04:34:03+00:00","og_image":[{"width":746,"height":437,"url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/traine.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"SMW Kodithuwakku","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@lnn_english","twitter_site":"@lnn_english","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"SMW Kodithuwakku","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004"},"author":{"name":"SMW Kodithuwakku","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233"},"headline":"Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today?","datePublished":"2025-06-06T04:34:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004"},"wordCount":99,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/traine.jpg","articleSection":["Local"],"inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004","name":"Locomotive Operating Engineers to halt coastal train operations today? - LANKA NEWS NETWORK","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/traine.jpg","datePublished":"2025-06-06T04:34:03+00:00","inLanguage":"en","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?p=4004#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/traine.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/traine.jpg","width":746,"height":437},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/","name":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#organization","name":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK","url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"http:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LNN-Logo.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/LNN-Logo.jpg","width":800,"height":445,"caption":"LANKA NEWS NETWORK"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/web.facebook.com\/lankanewsnetwork","https:\/\/x.com\/lnn_english"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/#\/schema\/person\/071d4085b11ff86bfadb231e97877233","name":"SMW Kodithuwakku","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/35caec3a9c03781d43ba5bef23c0cec9ed46dc8eac80aa8cd3e3180dc00b034b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"SMW Kodithuwakku"},"url":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/?author=2"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4004"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4004\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4005,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4004\/revisions\/4005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/english.lankanewsnetwork.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}