September 20 Rail Strike

The September 20 strike only affects local transportation.
The trains from Rome to Brindisi are all high-speed Intercity ( IC) , Frecciarosa and Frecciargento and are exempt from this strike.

Fabulous.
Thank you.

Sorry to jump on I am looking to get a train from Ponte San pietro to lecco with italiarail on the 20th Sept, do you know if this will be affected by the strikes?

Hi!! I am traveling from Rome to Florence on sept 20th by Italo, do you know if it will be affected? Thanks in advanced!

I am jumping on this also. I have clients going from Rome to Salerno on Frecciarossa 9519 and need to know if it will be affected. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

@aearriola7. The High-speed trains of Italo are not targets of the strike and should run as scheduled on 9/20.

@charity, No worries- the Frecciarosa train should run as scheduled.

I have an Italo train scheduled for around noon from Roma Termini to Napoli Centrale this Friday when the strike is set to take place. I called Italo train customer service and they said as of now their workers are not striking but it could change. Should I change my train to Friday at 7am before the strike is set to begin, or do you think my train will not be affected? I could really use some help/advice on this.

I am afraid a thing is not clear: once a strike is called - there are several unions, some with few members some very large - workers have no obligation to declare in advance if they will strike and employers have no right to ask. When a train is guaranteed, its personnel will have to work anyway, in a way their right to strike is suspended.

Then the dispatchers will evaluate how many drivers and conductors are actually working, and if trains are actually available (no incoming train, no outgoing train). Then they will decide which additional trains can run, but this is decided on the spot, you may ask in advance but it will be no more than an informed guess.

Thank you lachera. I went ahead and booked the 7:43am train out of Roma termini instead. Since the strike does not start until 8:30am and my train only has one stop (Napoli centrale) I should be good, correct? Your help is very much appreciated.

The rule is: trains already traveling at the time when the strike begins, will reach their final destination if it is within an hour; if the final destination is more than one hour distant, the trains may be stopped at an intermediate station according to circumstances.

In general, I see people very worried about strikes called by unions that, having little following, can cause occasional trouble like a cancelled train or flight but not a general disruption of the system.

Generally speaking the big unions that can bring the system at a standstill are CGIL, CISL, UIL, mostly acting together. UGL, being rightish, is on the rise but still limited; COBAS, CUB and USB are hardliners (basically, workers disgruntled with CGIL+CISL+UIL as being too soft); they call mostly little following but occasionally they touch the right string in non-followers.

While we can try to guess how a strike will end, it is difficult to give advice to people that would like a definitive answer that does not exist. If you could successfully decode all strikes, you should try your luck at a lottery also.

Hello,

I am on a group tour. We are supposed to be going to cinqueterre from Genova, will this route be affected? Also, will the train in Cinqueterre be affected?