Transport

Rail strike: services at risk and trains guaranteed on 4-5 September

Proclaimed by some autonomous trade unions

by Rome Editorial Staff

ANSA  /CIRO FUSCO

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A number of autonomous trade unions have proclaimed a national strike for the personnel of the Italian FS group, from 9 p.m. on Thursday 4 to 6 p.m. on Friday 5 September 2025. This was announced by FS in a statement. The agitation involves the personnel of the FS Group, Trenitalia, Trenitalia Tper and Trenord.

Trains may be cancelled or changed. Trains travelling when a strike has begun will still arrive at their final destination if it can be reached within one hour of the start of the strike; after this period, trains may stop at stations prior to the final destination.

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Qu you can consult the list of medium- and long-distance trains guaranteed in the event of a strike.

Regional trains: services guaranteed

In regional transport, essential services have been set up at the busiest times (from 06.00 to 09.00 and from 18.00 to 21.00 on weekdays; from 07.00 to 10.00 and from 18.00 to 21.00 on public holidays). The complete list of guaranteed services, divided by Region, is available on the site of Trenitalia. For Trenord the list is available at www.trenord.it and for Trenitalia Tper at www.trenitaliatper.it.

The Sgb trade union has called a national strike from 9 p.m. on 4 September to 6 p.m. on 5 September 2025: in Milan and Lombardy the strike may have repercussions on Trenord's regional, suburban, airport and long-distance services. Trenord informs that trains with departure from the official timetable within 9 p.m. and arrival at the final destination within 10 p.m. will run; on Friday 5, instead, trains included in the list of guaranteed trains will run with departure time from the station of origin after 6 a.m. and arrival at destination within 9 a.m.; in the afternoon the service will resume regularly with trains with departure after 6 p.m.

In the event of cancellation of airport service trains, non-stop buses will be set up between 'Milano Cadorna and Malpensa Aeroporto' for the Malpensa Express (From Milano Cadorna buses will leave from via Paleocapa 1.) and 'Stabio and Malpensa Aeroporto' for the S50 Malpensa Aeroporto - Stabio airport connection. More details will be available on the www.trenord.it website or by following the train circulation updates in 'real-time' via the Trenord app. And people are encouraged to pay attention to both the sound announcements broadcast in the stations and the information scrolling on the monitors.

Rome: public transport at risk Thursday due to strike

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On Thursday 4 September, public transport will be at risk due to a four-hour strike, from 8:30 to 12:30, called by the Sul union. The strike, reads the Municipality of Rome's website, will affect the Atac network of buses, trolleybuses, trams, underground trains and the Termini-Centocelle railway line. Connections operated by other sub-contracted operators are excluded. During the strike, escalators, lifts and stair lifts will not be guaranteed in stations of the metro network that may remain open. The interchange car parks will remain open. Interruptions in ticketing services will be possible; however, the online ticketing service will not be affected.

Wizz Air 4-hour strike

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"A 4-hour strike, on Saturday 6 September, from 12 noon to 4 p.m., of pilots and flight attendants of Wizz Air", the national Filt CGIL announces "in view of serious criticalities in the protection of the rights and interests of the company's workers". "In particular, at the basis of the strike - explains the CGIL Transport Federation - there are, among other reasons, the review of the economic treatment, applied to employees, without any prior consultation or agreement with the trade unions representing the employees themselves, the protection of the health and safety of workers with the need to develop transparent ways of confrontation with the workers' representatives and, more closely related to the delicate international geopolitical situation, the conditions and methods of management of flights to and from Tel Aviv". "The strike, proclaimed following the negative closure of the cooling phase - Filt CGIL finally states - will be held in compliance with the provisions of the law".

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