General strike December 16: stop to trains and public transport

Metro line 2 Naples

A day of national strike which will involve all the regions of Italy, a movement called by the CGIL and UIL trade unions against the budget law, defined as unfair and unjust towards the weakest segment of the population.

Against a wrong Budget Law. The Meloni government budget is unfair and unfair, it does not take into account the needs of workers and pensioners and does not respond to the needs of the country

Union note

8 hours of stoppage for national transport, which become 24 for local transport and 4 for sea transport.

These are the regions involved in the strike with related updated information:

  • Abruzzo (strike on December 15th)
    • Stop local road transport from 19:30 to 23:30
    • Taxi stop 24 hours
  • Basilicata
    • Stop local public transport 4 hours (times not confirmed)
  • Campania
    • Stop Metro 2 from midnight to 16pm
    • Stop Local public transport of 4 hours (unconfirmed times), see details below.
  • Emilia Romagna
    • Local transport stops from 11:30 to 15:30
    • Railway stop from 9 to 17
    • Stop highways last 4 hours per shift
  • Friuli Venezia Giulia
    • Transport stop for up to 24 hours
    • Maritime stop from 8:00 to 12:00
  • Lazio
    • Local public transport stop from 20 to 24
    • Railway stop from 9 to 17
    • Maritime stop in the smaller islands for the whole day
    • Maritime major islands with delays of 30 minutes
  • Liguria
    • Stop public transport 24 hours
    • Railway stop from 9 to 17
    • Maritime stop 4 hours
    • Stop ANAS first 4 hours
  • Lombardia
    • ATM stop from 18 to 22 (times not confirmed) and train stop for the whole day
    • Stop Italo Treno from 9 to 17
    • Railway stop from 9 to 13
    • Taxi stop and NCC from 9 to 13
    • Stop ANAS last 4 hours of shift
  • Molise
    • Stop local public transport from 19:30 to 23:30
    • Taxi stop 24 hours
  • Sardinia
    • Stop local public transport 4 hours (times not confirmed)
    • Air stop from 10 to 14
  • Toscana
    • Railway stop from 9 to 17
    • Stop local public transport 4 hours (times not confirmed)
    • Maritime stop 24 hours
  • Trentino Alto Adige
    • Railway stop from 9 to 17
    • Public transport stop for 4 hours (times not confirmed)
    • Taxi stop and cable cars 24 hours
    • Stop highways and tunnels: last 4 hours of shift

National train strike

Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane has joined the national strike with a strong change to the circulation of Trenitalia trains along the national Intercity and Regional routes.
Instead, regulate the circulation of the Arrows.

Working hours:: from midnight to 21pm on December 16th
Guaranteed rides: all runs from 6 to 9 and from 18 to 21.

Airline strike

As of now only the strike of 13 December 2022 is active of the aviation department, with stops for ENAV personnel for 24 hours and for EasyJet personnel for 4 hours.

No information is available on guaranteed trips and on guaranteed time slots.


Strike of the Metro line 2 of Naples

The participation of Ferrovie dello Stato will also lead to significant slowdowns on the Metro Line 2 of Naples, being the same responsibility of FS Italiane. Furthermore, the underground line coincides along its section with the regional sections on which it relies, being the same further limited or suspended, this will lead to further delays.

Working hours:: from midnight to 21pm on December 16th
Guaranteed rides: from 6 to 9 and from 18 to 21, for the list of rides there is thedownloadable list.

Metro Line 1, bus and tram

ANM communicated its adhesion to the strike of 16 December. These are the stop and resume times of its means of public transport.

Subway 1 Line

  • Last run in the morning guaranteed by Piscinola pm 9.12 and Garibaldi pm 9.16.
  • recovery of the service with the first afternoon service from Piscinola pm 13.48 and Garibaldi pm 14.28.

ANM funiculars

  • Last run in the morning guaranteed at hours 9.20.
  • recovery of the service with the first afternoon run of the hours 13.20.

Trams, buses, ANM trolleybuses

  • Stop in service from hours 9: 00 13 at: 00 with last departures made about 30 minutes before the start of the strike.
  • recovery about 30 minutes after the end of the strike.

Circumvesuviana, Circumflegrea and Cumana

Like ANM, at the moment also EAV has not communicated the adhesion or not to the national strike. Similarly, as this is a nationwide strike, delays are likely to occur.

On the MIT website, a 4-hour local public transport strike has been proclaimed, but it is not clear whether EAV has joined or not.

We will update you as soon as more information becomes available.

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