Anyone know why the Leonardo Express was affected by the train strike this weekend? We were unaware of the strike happening, but we’ve traveled plenty to Rome and have always been under the impression the Leonardo Express was always exempt from the strikes.
It was absolute chaos at Termini on the 13th. We waited for multiple trains that all got cancelled and had the entire crowd changing trains/platforms at once. The crowd going to the airport was huge and was starting to get absolutely feral, pushing and shoving to get on the train. We had extra time so we weren’t too nervous at first, but then they pushed the next departure for a full hour later and cancelled every train in between. We ended up taking a taxi. I’m not sure if the next train even left on time but at that point we couldn’t risk missing our flight.
We still made it so all turned out well, I was just curious if anyone on here knew what went wrong. Everything I’ve read online for years says Leonardo Express is exempt from strikes but either that’s not the case or something else went wrong with it yesterday.