Europe’s travel strikes: Flight and train disruption you can expect in February

Strikes are a regular occurrence in Europe, as employees hold back their jobs to fight for better pay and conditions.

Walkouts are sometimes planned months in advance, but others are announced at the last minute, which shows that it always pays to check before you travel.

Fortunately, we’ve gathered all the strike information together below.

Read on to find out where and when the rides are.

If your flight or train is canceled or delayed, you will be entitled to a new ticket or compensation. Read our guide for full details.

Spain: Strikes expected to disrupt train travel throughout February

Travel by rail Spain will be severely disrupted this month as the staff calls the fall in February**.**

The first industrial action called by the Spanish trade union CCOO has begun February 9 with a 23-hour stoppage that resulted in the cancellation of 310 long- and medium-distance Renfe trains, including high-speed AVE trains.

A further 330 long-distance trains and 641 medium-distance services have also been scrapped.

There is still a skeleton service that operates, which the Ministry of Transport of Spain confirms is a legal obligation, which will probably reduce the number of cancellations.

Another key union in Spain UGT has confirmed national partial strikes for periods of 2 hours every Monday this month that affect transport February 12, 19 and 26.

UGT and CCOO also named paths for February 16 and 17 on the Rodalies of Catalonia trains between 7 and 9 am and 3 and 5 pm.

The unions say that the strikes were called after a 35-hour work week at the railway infrastructure manager Adif and the elimination of income categories in Renfe were not carried out.

Italy: National rail strike to impact long-distance and regional travel

Rail transport in Italy faces serious disruption February 12 as employees of the state railway company Trenitalia and Trenord, as well as of the private long-distance operator Italo leave.

The strikes will affect all types of rail services including long-distance and regional trains for eight hours between 9am and 5pm.

The shutdown was called last month by two of Italy’s main transport unions CUB and SGB to protest against working conditions and recent proposals to privatize the rail sector.

According to national law, there will be a minimum number of services (essential services) guaranteed during strike hours.

United Kingdom: London Underground staff call multi-day strike

London Overground strikes will take place February 19-20 and March 4-5the RMT union announced.

The 48-hour strikes by security, station, revenue and control staff come after RMT members rejected an offer of below-inflation pay.

Members of the Aslef union called a strike and a ban on overtime earlier this month.

The riders affected several different operators, including Avanti West Coast, CrossCountry, East Midlands Railway, West Midlands Trains, GTR, LNER, Southeastern, SWR and TransPennine Trains.

Train drivers are in a long-running dispute over pay, which they say has not increased in five years.

France: A seven-month strike notice could reach the Paris Olympics

Disruption is expected on the Ile-de-France bus and metro network as the CGT-RATP announced a seven-month strike notice from February 5 to September 9.

Workers at the state’s public transport company say they are going without pay. Strikes could hit during the 2024 Paris Olympics if an agreement is not reached.

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