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Renfe will cancel about 360 passenger trains this weekend before the partial stoppages that CGT has convened in the company for today, August 30, and on Sunday, September 1, a strike that coincides with the ' return operation ' of the holiday of summer.

This is the last two days of the strike calendar that CGT has held in Renfe this summer, which involves two daily stoppages, of four hours each, which take place between 12:00 and 16:00, and between 20:00 and 24:00.

However, this call forces the Ministry of Development to decree minimum services to guarantee the mobility of travelers and Renfe to cancel trains that are not part of them, which guarantee the circulation of 78% of the usual AVE and High Speed ​​trains and 65% of those of Media Distancia . Of the total of 360 trains not included in these minimum services and which are canceled today and this Sunday, 118 of them will be AVE and Long Distance and the remaining 242 of Medium Distance .

For days, this Friday Renfe will have to cancel 60 AVE and Long Distance trains , and another 128 regional trains . In the case of Sunday, the call for strikes leads to the cancellation of 172 trains , 58 AVE and Long Distance and other 114 regional .

Renfe will endeavor to relocate passengers of canceled trains in other circulations, whenever possible. It also gives the opportunity to change the travel date or return the ticket.

With respect to the Cercanías service that Renfe provides in a dozen cities, the minimum services cover 50% of the service, which rises to 75% in 'peak hours'. As for freight trains, 34% of the usual traffic is guaranteed.

"Exceptional passenger movement" day

In its resolution of minimum services , Development attributes the fixed percentage to the fact that the stoppages are called on days of "exceptional movement of travelers". In addition, in today's case, "the mobility of working days coincides with the holiday return operation, thus affecting all types of trains, " says the agency.

"If minimum services were not determined, the exercise of the right to strike would cause superior and unnecessary damage to citizens," says Fomento, which warns of the collapse of roads to access large cities in case of restricting the Cercanías or damage that would be caused to travelers who have booked tickets in advance for these dates.

With its stoppages, CGT intends to claim an increase in Renfe's workforce. It also denounces the "impossibility" of fulfilling the "spirit" of reducing the weekly workday to 37.5 hours due to the company's decision to apply it daily, with a 17-minute decrease in the working time of each day.

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