A total of 254 trains, or 42.4%, were canceled out of 599 scheduled urban routes in Lisbon, and 49 out of 75 long-distance trains were cut, translating to a 65.3% cancellation rate.
In Porto, 165 of the 267 planned urban connections were canceled, representing 61.8%, and 212 of the 294 regional trains, or 72.1%, were not run as scheduled.
The SFRCI – Sindicato Ferroviário da Revisão Comercial Itinerante, which called for the partial strike, confirmed a 100% participation rate of ticket inspectors and counter staff in the CP strike, operational from 05:00 to 08:30. Despite the high turnout, 25% of the minimal services required by law continued to operate.
SFRCI’s Luís Bravo stated the strike aims to demand better salary conditions for all company employees.
Bravo indicated that the partial strike would persist until Tuesday, with residual effects anticipated on Wednesday, November 14.
He commented, “The strike clearly demonstrates the workers’ dissatisfaction,” particularly regarding stagnant wages since 2010.
Earlier in the week, from Wednesday to Friday, multiple unions staged strikes, fully halting train services due to the absence of minimum service mandates.
The workers are calling for the enforcement of an agreement reached on April 24 between CP’s management and the unions, asserting that “the Government cannot take credit for the negotiations and then evade the responsibility of implementation.”
