The Basque Government and the Spanish Government have set minimum services for next week's strike in the railway sector
The main railway unions (CC. OO., UGT and Semaf of train drivers) will continue the strike called for next week, from 9 to 11 February.
The Basque Government has set minimum services of 50% in peak hoursand 25% in the rest of the day on the five commuter lines of Bilbao and San Sebastián for the three strike days called bythe trade unions in the railway sector on 9, 10 and 11 February.
Half of the railway service will operate at peak hours, i.e. from 06:00 to 09:00, from 13:30 to 14:00 to 15:30/16:00 and from 18:30 to 20:30.
The five local services managed by the Basque Government and affected by the strike are: the Iberian width of Bilbao: C-1 Bilbao Abando-Barakaldo-Santurtzi; the C-2 Bilbao Abando-Barakaldo-Muskiz; the C-3 Bilbao Abando-Laudio-Orduña; the Iberian width of San Sebastián; the C-1 Bilbao-Bilbao-Abando-Barakaldo-Muskiz; the C-3 Bilbao Bilbao Abando-Abando-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Bilbao-Ordu-Ordu-Ordu-Ordu-Ordu-Ordu￭
Inthe rest of the Spanish State, with the exception of Catalonia, the Ministry of Transport has established minimum servicesaffecting medium and long distance trains departing or arriving from the Basque Country and Navarre.
The Ministry has established minimum services of 73 per cent at high speed and long distance, 75 per cent at peak hours and 50 per cent at nearby hours, 65 per cent at medium distance and 21 per cent for goods.
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