Strikes at the checkpoint led to the halt of 192 trains out of 1191 scheduled until 19:00.

The strikes affecting the CP – Comboios de Portugal service resulted in the suppression of 192 of the 1,191 trains scheduled to run between 00:00 and 19:00 on Tuesday, the carrier said.

According to the KP, 999 trains ran during this period, of which 16.1% of the planned ones were suppressed.

In long-distance trains, out of 71 planned trains, 10 (14.1%) were canceled, and in regional traffic, the cancellation rate reached 25.9%, which corresponds to 73 not completed out of 282 planned.

The carrier’s balance sheet shows that 79 of the 571 scheduled flights in Lisbon’s urban areas have been cancelled. In the urban areas of Porto, 24 trains out of 236 planned were suppressed.

As regards the urban service in Coimbra, the strike resulted in the suppression of six trains out of a planned 31.

After several days of strike from 00:00 to 02:00 and a whole day last Thursday until April 30, the strike at the IP and KP will be from the eighth hour of work.

Until the end of the month, “at the CP, workers whose normal duration is more than three hours between 00:00 and 05:00 will strike from the seventh hour of work.”

Until April 30, at the IP, “workers whose normal duration is more than three hours in the period from 00:00 to 05:00 will strike from the seventh hour of work.”

These strikes were announced by the trade union platform, consisting of ASCEF – Allied Association of Middle Managers for Railway Research; SINFB – National Union of Railway Workers of the Brace Tribe and Related Workers; o SINFA – Independent Trade Union of Railway Transport, Infrastructure and Related Industries Workers; FENTECOP – National Union of Transport, Communications and Public Works; SIOFA – Independent Union of Railway Workers, etc.; ASSIFECO – Independent Trade Union Association of Commercial Railway Workers and STF – Railway Technical Services.

The National Union of Drivers of Portuguese Railways (SMAQ) is also on strike throughout April, given the “snub” it accuses the company of.

Workers’ demands include “efficient wage increases”, “traction career evaluation” and improved working conditions in driver’s cabs and social facilities, as well as safety conditions on lines and in parks to protect motor material.

There is still demand for “humanization of duty lists, fixed meal times and reduction of rest time outside headquarters”, “an effective protocol for psychological support of train drivers in case of people getting stuck on the way and accidents” and “recognition and assessment of professional requirements and training of drivers by a new legislative framework “.