Striking workers at the Kenya-Uganda railways concessionaire Rift Valley Railways (RVR) have called off their strike and formally accepted to return to work.

The workers led by six of their representatives on Tuesday called off the ten day strike following a consultative meeting between them and RVR's top management team.

In a statement RVR Managing Director Roy Puffett confirmed that the strike had been called off after the workers reached an amicable and unconditional return to work formula with the managers.

Puffet said RVR has also undertaken to as a matter of urgency consider and address the workers grievances.

Subsequently, RVR has confirmed that all normal services including the urban commuter service on the Ruiru, Kahawa, Embakasi and Kikuyu routes will resume normal operations Wednesday morning. Upcountry passenger services to Mombasa will also resume Wednesday evening.

"I am happy to confirm that we have broken the standoff and the illegal strike has been called off following a meeting with the workers representatives," Puffett said.

He added: "subsequently, all normal railway service including commuter trains and cargo services will resume tomorrow morning."

Prior to the calling of the strike, RVR had moved to procedurally resolve the standoff precipitated by a delay in June salaries through formal dialogue with the workers representatives.

By Monday afternoon, and buoyed by assurances that the management would not victimize the staff, normal operations had begun to resume progressively.

Save for commuter services, cargo freight operations on the mainline have already resumed with efforts to unclog the system already in high steam.

The RVR boss reiterated that the firm is committed to sound and good industrial relations with staff and shall continue to foster dialogue with the staffers.