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Aug 15, Announced today a new Italian train strike planned for Saturday, 9pm 17 September, 2011, length 24 hours, ending 9pm Sunday evening.Now keep an eye on our strike front page, it's possible with all these "austerity measures" going on a general strike may be called.
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Italian rail strike this weekend 21, 22 May see our Easy Travel Report
Friday, March 11 a general strike in the transport sector, 24 hours.
Saturday, January, 29, 2011 Italian rail strike, 24 hours, from 9pm till following day, 30, January, 9pm.
So last year
Italian rail strike for 23, April was cancelled, new strike now planned for 9pm, Thursday, May 27, 2010, 24 hours till Friday, 28, May, 9pm. All rail transportation, Trenitalia, workers and bus services, of local public transport companies. Minimum essential services are guaranteed.
Trenitalia strike, 7, November, 09 9pm to 9am 8, November, 09 Saturday and Sunday!
General strike Italy, 24 hours, private and Government, public sector, 23, October, 09
Airone Cityliner 24 hours.
October 11, 2009 Trenitalia personnel will be on strike for 24 hours, from 9.00 pm of October 10th, to 9.00 pm of October 11th.
Strike hotline at 800.89.202. Trenitalia strike page
With this link ViaggiaTreno you can monitor Trenitalia in live time and see the routes and how a strike effects the whole country. (sorry, well I thought that was interesting) Listen up, trains the day before and after are going to be packed. Just watch your wallet. Bring food and wine. I once stood all the way from Torino to Rome.
7, October, 09 Alston manager boss napped. life in italy
14 June, 09 Trenitalia strike for eight hours 9am-5pm
March 14, 2009 Trenitalia personnel will be on strike for 24 hours, from 9 pm of March the 14th to 9 pm of March the 15th. Ferrovie dello Stato says the strike will only affect short-haul trains not medium and long-distance ones. However it has confirmed that in Rome the local direct train from Termini station to Fiumicino airport will run as usual. Ferrovie dello Stato suggests customers call for information on 892021 before travelling.
5 December, 08 Country caught in general strikes all over the country. Here's a list, better get a pen.
11/27/08 Italy, train strike delayed Transport minister Altero Matteoli has told unions to postpone a railway strike planned for Friday 28 November. The strike was organised to protest the firing of machinist, Dante De Angelis, for publically blaming inadequate maintenance and safety precautions, for a pair of incidents on 14 and 22 July in which sections of a Eurostar train came unattached while departing Milan’s central station. Though no one was injured, De Angelis said the accident was potentially disastrous.
While a new date for the strike has not been announced, it is unlikely to come before the end of the year.
11/7/08 Italy, Rome Train, bus and subway strike Monday Public Transport unions said Friday they called a 24-hour nationwide transport strike, set to begin at 9 p.m. (2000 GMT) Sunday. Some long-distance service and some regional trains used mainly by commuters will be guaranteed on morning and evening rush hours.
10/15/08 Italy, country wide public transportation strike on Friday 17 Oct. Avionews.com
Italy this Monday
7/7/08 Italy, Train, bus and subway strikes set for Monday throughout Italy. IHT
6/25/08 Italy, Truckers To Resume Talks Wed As Strike Looms
The Italian government and the country's associations representing truckers threatening to go on strike next week will resume talks Wednesday as they couldn't reach an agreement late Tuesday. Italian truckers have called a five-day strike starting next Monday to protest high fuel prices.
The government is willing to award funds for EUR300 million to the sector to alleviate the pressure of higher fuel costs, but the unions are asking for an additional EUR240 million, the paper adds. fxstreet.com
Trenitalia strike, Italian train on strike, expect severe disruptions and general chaos, public transportation nightmare! Ferrovie dello Statto, FS, State railway company, largest in the Italian network.
15 Dec. 08 Opening today, new high speed rail link between Milan's newly renovated Stazione Centrale and Bologna, 350 km per hour, will eventually cut the time to Rome by three hours, will start December 09. (If all goes well!) Stops at Bologna and Florence will take three hours and 30 minutes.
Ferrovie dello Statto, FS, is hoping to gain 5 million passengers over the two years on the trains named Frecciarossa (Red Arrow.) and has invested 6.9bn Euro's. Other high speed links already working are Turin-Novara and Naples-Salerno.
Italian fast rail link, between Milan and Rome will cost you 103 Euros ($138), considerable cheaper than airlines.
Nov 08 Luca di Montezemolo, president of Ferrari has invested in an Italian fast train company Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori (NTV). Recent upgrades on the Italian tracks can make it easier for fast trains to rival airline travel between Italian cities. The trains will be made by the French company Alstrom. Speeds of 225 miles per hour. Engines are built into the cars elminating the need for a seperate locomotive.
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