CP strike suppresses 198 trains out of 1,192 estimated until 8pm

In the same period, 994 trains were carried out, he added.

In the long haul, 11 trains out of 71 planned did not take place and in the regional train, out of 282 estimated, 78 were suppressed.

In urban Lisbon, 80 trains out of an estimated 571 were not operated and in Porto out of 237, 24 trains were suppressed.

In the urban areas of Coimbra, out of an estimated 31, five trains did not take place.

The strike was called by the National Union of Drivers of the Portuguese Railways (SMAQ) against the latest proposal for salary increases of 51 euros, which represents an average career progression of 3.89%, which the union structure considers “clearly unacceptable” .

The workers started the strike to perform any and all work in the categories represented by the SMAQ, from the last hours of Thursday until the early hours of Saturday.

From 00:00 on Saturday until 23:59 on the next Friday (the 17th), workers are on a “work strike at all normal daily work periods that have an expected duration of more than seven hours”. and 30 minutes, for the Driver or Technical Driver categories”.

According to the union, from 00:00 on Saturday until 23:59 on Friday, they carry out “a work strike at all normal periods of daily work that involve entering and/or leaving the headquarters between 00:00: 00 and 06:00, for Machinist or Technical Machinist”, and, between 00:00 on Tuesday and 23:59 on Friday, “strike for all normal work periods lasting for more than six hours, for the Traction Inspector or Chief Traction Inspector categories”.

In February, strikes called by various CP unions led to the suppression of hundreds of convoys a day.