Overview
- The CGT has called a nationwide strike for Wednesday in solidarity with Palestine, joined by pro-Palestine and student groups, while UGT and CCOO have scheduled two-hour stoppages per shift.
- Regional decrees establish uneven minimum service levels, with the Basque Country holding transport to 30% and Andalusia mandating 50% across urban and interurban systems as published in the BOJA.
- Operators in the Basque Country forecast fewer trains and buses, including Bilbao’s metro about every 15 minutes at peaks and every 30 minutes off-peak, with Bizkaibus, Euskotren and municipal lines running roughly one in three.
- City and regional plans include Madrid Cercanías at 75% in peaks and 50% the rest of the day, Metro de Madrid operating at 50–80% of normal, EMT at 30% on core routes and 20% on secondary lines, Catalonia at 66%, Valencia at 80%, and Palma’s metro at 50% during 10:00–12:00 and 17:00–19:00 rising to 80% outside those windows with buses on Sunday schedules.
- Education and local services will be curtailed, with Arizmendi Ikastola’s 12 centers striking (300 teachers) affecting about 3,000 students and 1,900 families, public school canteens suspended as non-essential, and Arrasate announcing municipal closures and a 30% cut to urban bus frequency.