Renfe figures the follow-up of the strike at 6.83%, with 24% cancellations on AVE and 20% on Cercanías Madrid

The general strike called by the unions for this Wednesday has recorded a 6.83% follow-up in the accumulated count of night and morning shifts by Grupo Renfe staff in Spain, the company reported. In the breakdown by sections, Renfe Engineering and Maintenance workers were the ones most supporting the strike, with 17.18% participation, followed by Renfe Freight workers, with 4.31%, and Renfe passengers, with 3.16%, according to data from the operator, updated at 11:00 a.m. The company states in a press release that the follow-up to the general strike called by the main unions is having a “uneven” impact across the country and that the biggest disruptions in train services are occurring in the Madrid and Barcelona Cercanías hubs. Specifically, in the High-Speed and Long-Distance Commercial Services (AVE, Avlo, Alvia, Euromed and Intercity), a total of 24% of services were cancelled. The corridors most affected by the strike are the Northeastern Corridor (connections between Madrid, Aragón and Cataluña, with 27.3% of trains cancelled); the Northern Corridor (connections between Madrid, Castilla y León, Asturias and Galicia), with 23.8%, and the Levante and Mediterranean Corridor (between Madrid, Cataluña, Comunidad Valenciana and Murcia), with 20%. For their part, in Public Services (Cercanías, Rodalies, Avant and Media Distancia) the data shows 10.17% of services cancelled, with 90 cancellations out of the 885 scheduled services. In particular, Renfe highlights that the biggest “problems” in the Cercanías network are in Madrid, with 19.63% of trains cancelled, as well as in the Barcelona hub, where in Rodalies 22.5% of services have been cancelled. Likewise, the most affected Media Distancia services are in Extremadura, with 33.33%, and in Andalucía, with 9.52% cancelled, ahead of the public service for the Centro area, with 7.14% of cancellations. In the Avant service, the most affected is the East corridor, which records 42.86% of trains cancelled. Regarding Freight, during the night shift until 7:00 a.m., 25 trains of the 38 scheduled have been cancelled. Finally, Renfe recommends consulting updated information about the service through its official channels and recalls that free changes and cancellations have been enabled for the scheduled services for this Wednesday, with the recommendation to “not travel when possible.” Travelers whose trains are affected will receive information via SMS or email, using the contact details associated with their booking, it adds.