320 Renfe Trains Cancelled as Spanish Rail Workers Strike
MADRID, Spain — Spain’s national state-owned railway company, Renfe, has canceled a total of 320 high-speed, long-distance, and medium-distance trains this Monday following a strike called by the Sindicato Ferroviario. The minority railway union has also announced a subsequent walkout scheduled for July 15, signaling ongoing labor tensions within the sector.
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The disruption to the national transit network is being managed under a minimum services mandate approved by the Ministry of Transport and Sustainable Mobility. According to the official schedule, 98 out of the 360 planned AVE and long-distance trains have been canceled, allowing 262 services to operate, which represents 73 percent of the usual capacity. For medium-distance routes, Renfe will suppress 222 out of 642 affected trains, maintaining 420 services, or 65 percent of the standard schedule. Commuter rail networks will operate at 75 percent capacity during designated peak hours—specifically between 6:00 and 9:00, 13:30 to 16:00, and 18:30 to 20:30—while running at 50 percent capacity for the remainder of the day. It is noted that the autonomous regions of the Basque Country and Catalonia, which have devolved railway competencies, establish their own minimum service requirements through their respective regional governments.
To mitigate the impact on passengers traveling on affected AVE, long-distance, and medium-distance routes, Renfe has implemented alternative travel arrangements. Whenever possible, the operator is offering to rebook passengers on the closest available alternative train to their original schedule. For those who prefer not to travel, Renfe is allowing customers to cancel or change their tickets to a different date at no additional cost. These modifications can be processed through all of the company’s official sales channels.
La huelga de Renfe cancela 320 trenes este lunes con servicios mínimos del 73% en alta velocidad https://t.co/VC7fW6HSXM
— Salamancahoy (@Salamanca__hoy) June 28, 2026
The Sindicato Ferroviario initiated the industrial action to protest what it describes as the premeditated abandonment of Renfe’s freight division, known as Renfe Mercancías. The union strongly opposes the state operator’s plan to create a joint venture with Medway, a subsidiary of the global shipping giant MSC, to manage the freight business.
Furthermore, the union alleges that Renfe and the Ministry of Transport are violating previous agreements that successfully suspended strikes in November 2023 and March 2025. The Sindicato Ferroviario argues that the systematic reduction of work and investment in the freight subsidiary is having severe knock-on effects, drastically increasing the workloads in other maintenance workshops across the company. The union leadership concluded that this unjustifiable neglect of the freight sector is causing significant harm to the workforce and demanded that the situation be corrected immediately.
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As the strike impacts travel plans across the country, Renfe and the Ministry of Transport are urging passengers to check their specific train statuses before heading to the stations.
