Transport Strikes

Where to find up-to-the-minute travel and other information when the country is suffering from large-scale industrial unrest...

A strike (huelga) in Spain often affects transport services. Here are some useful sites for up-to-the-minute information during Spanish strikes.

• Cadenaser has general information on strikes in Spain

International and Local News Reports

• BBC News
• Euro News
• Sky News

Unions

The unions often publish information on their websites well in advance of planned strikes.

• CCOO (Confederación Sindical de Comisiones Obreras)
• UGT (Unión General de Trabajadores)
• SFF-CGT (Confederación General del Trabajo Sindicato Federal Ferroviaro) Federal Railway Union.

Press

• El Pais Internacional
• Madrid News
• Euro Weekly

Air Travel

• Real-time information on daily flights to and from all Spanish airports
• Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD)
• Easy Jet "Latest News"
• Iberia

Public Transportation

From time-to-time the public transportation service is reduced due to strike action. Schedules of trains running are posted on notice boards at stations.

Train

• RENFE (La Red de los Ferrocarriles Españoles) is the Spanish national rail train service

Madrid Strikes

• Metro

• Trains, Trams & Metro
• Buses & Coaches
• Transport Strikes
• Useful Transport Terms
• Regional Rail Services
• Regional Bus Services