Ouigo to cancel 22 of its 77 daily trains due to 30 October train drivers' strike

The train drivers' union Semaf has called a strike at rail operator Ouigo, with 24-hour stoppages on Friday 30 October and Monday 2 November, and partial stoppages on 6 and 9 November and 4 and 8 December, according to Europa Press. It is a separate call from Semaf's strike at Renfe on Thursday 29.

The Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility has set minimum services of 71% for 30 October and 2 November, meaning that 55 of the 77 trains scheduled each day will run, according to Europa Press and SoloAgentes. As a result, 22 services a day are cancelled. According to Ouigo, the Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona route will not be affected.

The company says it has notified passengers on the cancelled trains by email and is offering them a free ticket change or a refund. According to SoloAgentes, additional compensation depends on how far in advance the cancellation was communicated.

Ouigo says in a statement that it is willing to continue negotiating with workers' representatives in the coming days and that there are differences of interpretation over the collective agreement signed in 2024, which it says it complies with. The company says it has more than 500 employees in Spain, 100 of them train drivers.

The sources consulted do not specify which particular trains are being cancelled outside the Madrid-Zaragoza-Barcelona corridor.