The president of the Generalitat, Salvador Illa, has said that he trusts that at the beginning of 2027 users will be able to see improvements "in a palpable way" in the Rodalies service, after a new episode of incidents this Monday, with trains with heavy delays and cancellations despite no strike day being called.
Illa has attributed this advance in the quality of the service to the completion of the works currently under execution, to the commissioning of the new rolling stock and to the consolidation of the process of transferring Rodalies to the Generalitat, as he explained in an interview on Rac1 collected by Europa Press.
The head of the Government has committed to improving "progressively" the operation of Rodalies.
In relation to the incidents recorded this Monday, he has criticized the "attitude" of the train drivers, although he has avoided describing the situation as a covert strike.
He has said that he understands the discontent of the train drivers, but he has warned that the appropriate way to be heard is not "by disrupting" the service, but by negotiating with the Ministry of Transport.
This week, strikes by train drivers are called for Tuesday and Thursday, with minimum services of 66% during peak hours and 33% during off-peak hours, and on Wednesday, coinciding with the general strike, only 25% of minimum services will be guaranteed during peak hours and there will be no service during off-peak hours.