Sri Lanka train strike leaves tens of thousands of commuters stranded

A railway union strike over unfilled vacancies and other administrative issues stopped most trains across Sri Lanka on Wednesday (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

A railway union strike stopped most trains across Sri Lanka on Wednesday, leaving tens of thousands of passengers to brave the few dangerously overcrowded trains that were still running or be stranded at the station.

The Station Masters’ Union launched the strike to demand that vacancies be filled and other administrative issues be resolved.