The 24-hour strike by Renfe's train drivers, called by the Semaf union, affected 487 of the 599 scheduled Cercanías Madrid services on Thursday 29 October, or 81.3%, according to Renfe data reported by Telemadrid. Nationwide, Renfe put average participation at 26.6% of workers: 2.19% on the night shift, 23.84% on the morning shift and 34.06% on the afternoon shift.
On commercial trains (AVE, Avlo, Alvia, Euromed and Intercity), Renfe cancelled 21 of the 124 scheduled services, or 16.9%, according to the same report. At midday, Renfe had announced the cancellation of 48.29% of the Cercanías Madrid minimum services and that another 33.17% had not departed, according to El Diario de Madrid.
In Madrid there were service interruptions on lines C-1, C-3 and C-4, and on the C-8 only one train ran, according to Telemadrid. On the C-2, C-5, C-7 and C-10 services were severely affected; on the C-2 the frequency was around 45 minutes, compared with the usual 16.
The Ministry of Transport had set minimum services of 75% on Cercanías at peak times and 50% for the rest of the day, and 73% on high-speed and long-distance services, according to El Español. Renfe allowed Thursday's tickets to be changed or cancelled free of charge, according to El Diario de Madrid. Semaf called the stoppage to demand rail safety measures; Renfe described it as “incoherent”, according to El Español.
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