Spain Rail Strike Nov 7 & 11

[Steven Dwyer]

I woke up this morning in Figueres to an email from RENFE informing me that my train for tomorrow, Mon. Nov 7th was cancelled due to a strike. I was just barely able to rebook the one train that was running, but only by upgrading to first class.

I just looked at the trains from Santiago to Madrid on the 7th And the 11th it appears that at least three trains (06:25, 12:00, 17:50) may be affected. If you are traveling these two days you should confirm your train as soon as possible. If you have not already bought a ticket for this week you should consider buying it as soon as possible as some trains are already sold out.

fortunately I bought my ticket through my RENFE account so they had an email where they could contact me.

 

[peregrina2000]

I’m glad you got the notice and are going to be able to travel. This is a great heads up, thanks.

I wonder if the third party sellers like RailEurope will advise their clients. It may be that just like with plane tickets, you are better off buying your tickets directly.

 

[Former member 102963]

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I woke up this morning in Figueres to an email from RENFE informing me that my train for tomorrow, Mon. Nov 7th was cancelled due to a strike. I was just barely able to rebook the one train that was running, but only by upgrading to first class.

I just looked at the trains from Santiago to Madrid on the 7th And the 11th it appears that at least three trains (06:25, 12:00, 17:50) may be affected. If you are traveling these two days you should confirm your train as soon as possible. If you have not already bought a ticket for this week you should consider buying it as soon as possible as some trains are already sold out.

fortunately I bought my ticket through my RENFE account so they had an email where they could contact me.

Yes been a lot of coverage in Spanish media re rail and airline strikes! On, off, on, off! Seems lots of Europe is having similar issues judging by media output!

 

[Steven Dwyer]

I’m glad you got the notice and are going to be able to travel. This is a great heads up, thanks.

I wonder if the third party sellers like RailEurope will advise their clients. It may be that just like with plane tickets, you are better off buying your tickets directly.

I was incredibly lucky. I have been.buying some tickets from the machine, but fortunately bought this one online so that I had an email online.

 

[Alex M]

Wow!! Thanks for letting us know. I have a ticket from Sarria to Madrid for the following day (Tues 8th). The trouble with strikes is that they obviously inconvenience you on the day but can also have 'knock-on' effects for the day after. I suppose buses are also a possibility, but they are likely to be booked out in view of the expected strike,

 

[Steven Dwyer]

Wow!! Thanks for letting us know. I have a ticket from Sarria to Madrid for the following day (Tues 8th). The trouble with strikes is that they obviously inconvenience you on the day but can also have 'knock-on' effects for the day after. I suppose buses are also a possibility, but they are likely to be booked out in view of the expected strike,

Travel on the 8th should be fine if you have your ticket already. Trains might be fuller with people bumped from the 7th.

 

[Former member 102963]

Wow!! Thanks for letting us know. I have a ticket from Sarria to Madrid for the following day (Tues 8th). The trouble with strikes is that they obviously inconvenience you on the day but can also have 'knock-on' effects for the day after. I suppose buses are also a possibility, but they are likely to be booked out in view of the expected strike,

Yes you are right re following day disruption and their operation teams will be planning to mitigate the effects of this. Crew and trains out of position and so forth especially for the early journeys. But would imagine most of the schedule will run as it should!