Which services were on strike, and are they continuing in Sept. and Oct.? I'm wondering about N. Italy & Firenze.
Posted by
Catadupa Alamere, CA
515 posts
In the past month there were threads here that provided links to the official union sites that list all scheduled strikes, dates, durations, systems impacted etc. This is IMHO less unreliable than word of mouth.
Posted by
OP
East Lansing, MI, USA
5 posts
Re. strikes: will they pose a hazard to tourists doing
normal tourist things? What about trains?
Posted by
Austin, TX
48 posts
Posted by
Tresana, Highlands Ranch, CO, USA
23278 posts
Strikes are not terribly significant and generally short maybe a day or two at most. If it affects transportation, not all transportation shuts down. A few trains and buses continue to run. In all of our travels have only hit one train strike in Spain so we took the bus which was not affected. The next day everything was normal.
Posted by
Beautiful Austin TX
582 posts
Does a strike ever affect Venice, their water taxi's or water buses? I've been to Italy many times and even during a short strike, but this is my first trip to Venice.
Posted by
Cartersville, GA, USA
101 posts
Yes, strikes DO affect Venice and the vaporetti, etc., the same as they might affect Rome and the buses or Metro. Just depends on the strike......