The strike called by the Sindicato Español de Maquinistas Ferroviarios (Semaf), aimed at the driving staff of all companies in the Renfe group for this Tuesday, has reached an overall follow-up of 33.2% among employees with the possibility of joining the stoppages in the night, morning and afternoon shifts, according to data provided by Renfe up to 18:00 hours.
According to the company, the impact of the strike call is being very uneven across the country and the biggest disruptions to rail traffic are concentrated in the Cercanías commuter rail hubs of Madrid and in Rodalies of Barcelona, where there is a failure to meet minimum services both on commercial trains and on public services.
On the Cercanías network, the main disruptions during the day are located in Cercanías Madrid, with 91.87% of trains cancelled and 2.38% of formations that have not managed to depart, which has affected 512,000 users. In the Barcelona area, in Rodalies, nearly 40% of the minimum services established have been cancelled.
The impact of the strike on Public Services (Cercanías, Rodalies, Avant and Media Distancia) shows notable differences depending on the area. Overall, 55.38% of minimum services are recorded as cancelled or not departing, with an approximate impact on more than 653,000 traveling people.
In Extremadura, the impact is especially high on Media Distancia, where 65.22% of trains have been cancelled and 30.43% have not managed to start their journey. In the East area, the effect on Cercanías stands out, with 19.31% of services cancelled and 19.80% not departing, while in Media Distancia cancellations reach 23.46%. In Andalusia, Media Distancia registers 20.73% of cancellations and 48.78% of services that have not departed.
The Levante corridor, the most affected by the strike
In the Commercial Services (AVE, Avlo, Alvia, Euromed and Intercity), the company has counted 41.5% of overall cancellations on minimum services, which has affected 9,234 traveling people. The corridor most harmed by the stoppages is the connection with Levante and the Corredor Mediterráneo (Madrid, Catalonia, Comunidad Valenciana and Murcia), where 64.1% of trains have been cancelled and more than 5,000 travelers have been affected. Specifically, 47.6% of the programmed AVE trains have been cancelled and 87.5% of the Euromed services.
In the Northeast corridor, which links Madrid with Aragón and Catalonia, the situation translates into 34.8% of cancellations of AVE, Avlo, and Long-Distance trains included in the minimum services and more than 2,000 people affected. In the North corridor, which connects Madrid with Castilla y León, Galicia, and Asturias, the percentage of cancelled trains stands at 23.8%, with 1,761 affected travelers.
Finally, at Renfe Mercancías, during the night shifts, tomorrow, and the start of the afternoon, 16 cancelled trains have been recorded, with non-compliance with minimum services of 35.7% in the night shift and 50% in the morning shift.