Transport strike 20 June: a guide to disruption and travel arrangements
The grassroots unions have called a general strike in the public and private sectors, but the inconveniences for those who have to travel begin the night before. In local public transport, the abstention will take place within the locally established guarantee periods
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On Friday 20 June, the grassroots unions called a general strike in the public and private sectors. But the inconveniences for those who have to travel by train, plane, or who have to move around the city by metro, tram and bus, or take a boat, start already the night before. The 24-hour stoppage proclaimed by Cub, Sgb and Usb and Si-Cobas for air transport starts at midnight on 19 June and ends at 23.59 on 20 June, for rail transport it starts from 21.00 on 19 June to 20.59 on 20 June, for motorways the protest starts from 22.00 on 19 June to 21.59 on 20 June. For local public transport, maritime transport and ports the abstention from work will take place according to locally determined modalities, respecting the guarantee bands.
The impact in cities of the strike in local public transport
In Milan, Atm has announced that the service on Friday is not guaranteed from 8.45 a.m. to 3 p.m. and after 6 p.m. until the end of the service. The vehicles will operate from opening time until 8.45 a.m. in the morning and in the afternoon from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. For the Como-Brunate funicular, the service on Friday 20 June is not guaranteed from 8.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m. and after 7.30 p.m., until the end of the service.
In the Turin area, Gtt ensures the completion of departures by the end of the guaranteed service bands, which for the urban-suburban service, underground, customer service centres range from 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. and from 12 noon to 3 p.m.
In Rome, Atac announces that during the strike, public transport will be guaranteed exclusively during the legal bands: from the start of service at 8.29 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7.59 p.m. In the Roma Capitale area, the strike concerns the entire Atac network and the networks of RomaTpl, Autoservizi Troiani/Sap and Autoservizi Tuscia/Bis. On the Atac network, the strike also concerns connections operated by other sub-contracted operators. On the night of 19 June, the service of night bus lines (lines whose names begin with 'n') will not be guaranteed. Service is guaranteed on the daytime lines that are scheduled to run after midnight and on the nighttime lines 38-44-61-86-170-246-301-451-664-881-916-980 and lines 314, 404 and 444 operated by other operators. On the night of 20 June, service is guaranteed on the entire network from the start of daytime service at 8.29 a.m. and from 5 p.m. to 7.59 p.m. On the night of 20/21 June, service on the night 'n' bus lines is guaranteed. All information on the status of the service www.atac.roma.it.
In Naples Anm informs that the strike will start from 03:01 on 20 June to 03:00 on 21 June. Surface lines (trams, buses, trolleybuses) guaranteed bands dfrom 5:30 to 8:30 and from 17:00 to 20:00. The last departures are made 30 minutes before the start of the strike and resume approximately 30 minutes after the end of the strike.
