Madrid Metro runs at 79 % at peak time and pickets block the M-30 during the general strike

The 24-hour general strike called for this Wednesday, November 11 has begun with transport operating under minimum services. According to Libertad Digital, citing a message from Madrid Metro on X, with data from 7 a.m. 79 % of trains were running compared with a normal Wednesday and passenger numbers had fallen by 21 %. Metro says that figure is "above the minimum services", which the Community of Madrid set at 80 % at peak times and 50 % the rest of the time, according to Telemadrid.

On Cercanías commuter rail, the Ministry of Transport set 75 % of service at peak time and 50 % for the rest of the day, 65 % on regional Media Distancia trains, 73 % on high-speed and long-distance services and 26 % on freight, according to Renfe. Renfe sources cited by Libertad Digital say passenger numbers at Atocha station are noticeably lower than usual.

According to the same outlet, pickets have blocked traffic on the M-30 near Puente de Vallecas and on the A-42 in Madrid, and the access to the Parc Logístic in the Zona Franca and to Mercabarna in Barcelona. In Tarragona, metalworkers on an indefinite strike are blocking the main access to the port via the A-27, and pickets have cut the T-750, which leads to the northern chemical industrial estate.

The secretary general of CCOO in Madrid, Paloma López, said the union will file a criminal complaint over police charges and the arrest of a trade unionist at Mercamadrid, according to Libertad Digital. There is no official police account of those events so far.

Developing story: the service figures and blockades so far come from a single outlet citing messages from Madrid Metro, Renfe and Europa Press; they still need to be confirmed with official sources, and the overall picture for other services and the day as a whole is not yet known.