9 Feb, 2024 @ 06:49
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Train strikes in Spain TODAY: Renfe is operating a ‘minimal service’ after being forced to cancel hundreds of journeys due to nationwide walkout

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TRAIN services across Spain are running a ‘minimal service’ today amid nationwide strikes.

Some 310 trains have been cancelled Friday after walkouts were ordered by the CCOO trade union over working conditons in Renfe and Adif – including the implementation of a 35-hour work week in the latter.

From 6am to 9am, 1.30pm to 3.30pm and 6.30pm to 8.30pm, the so-called Cercanias services will be running 75% of its usual services.

Throughout the rest of the day the number of services will be half that as usual, risking long queues and very busy trains.

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Some 310 trains have been cancelled Friday after walkouts were ordered by the CCOO trade union over working conditons in Renfe and Adif – including the implementation of a 35-hour work week in the latter

On medium distance journeys, only 65% of services will be running, rising to 73% for AVE and Long Distance trains.

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Meanwhile just 25% of freight services will be operating on Friday.

Customers should check the status of their train journeys before travelling.

More information on the strike can be found on the Renfe website here.

Laurence Dollimore

Laurence Dollimore is a Spanish-speaking, NCTJ-trained journalist with almost a decade’s worth of experience.
The London native has a BA in International Relations from the University of Leeds and and an MA in the same subject from Queen Mary University London.
He earned his gold star diploma in multimedia journalism at the prestigious News Associates in London in 2016, before immediately joining the Olive Press at their offices on the Costa del Sol.
After a five-year stint, Laurence returned to the UK to work as a senior reporter at the Mail Online, where he remained for two years before coming back to the Olive Press as Digital Editor in 2023.
He continues to work for the biggest newspapers in the UK, who hire him to investigate and report on stories in Spain.
These include the Daily Mail, Telegraph, Mail Online, Mail on Sunday and The Sun and Sun Online.
He has broken world exclusives on everything from the Madeleine McCann case to the anti-tourism movement in Tenerife.

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