In a note published on its website, the railway operator informed that “due to a strike called by the SFRCI union [Itinerante Commercial Revision Railway Union] between October 24th and November 3rd, 2024”, the company anticipates disruptions in the operation.
Today and on Friday, when the strike is partial, the operator warns of the impact on Lisbon’s urban areas, with a special impact on the Sintra, Azambuja and Sado Lines.
On the 28th, 29th and 30th of October, also a partial strike, CP foresees disturbances in Regional/InterRegional, Urban Coimbra and Urban Porto services.
On October 31st, when there will be a total shutdown for 24 hours, disruptions are expected at Alfa Pendular, Intercidades, Regional/InterRegional, Urbanos and Internacional Celta.
The company said that “minimum services have been defined for the Urban services of Lisbon and Porto and Regional and InterRegional, which will be announced in due course”.
According to a ruling published on the website of the Economic and Social Council (CES), on October 31st, with “the exception of long-distance trains, all trains will circulate on the urban lines of Lisbon and Porto, regional and inter-regional, between the 6:00 hours and 7:30 hours in the morning and 18:30 hours and 20:00 hours in the afternoon, in the exact terms foreseen before the presentation of the prior notice”.
During the remainder of the strike period, of partial stoppage, the Court only decreed minimum services necessary for security, maintenance, emergency services and similar.
“In the remaining days there may be occasional disruptions”, particularly in the Lisbon Urban and Intercity services between the Algarve and Lisbon, CP also said.