Speaking to Lusa News Agency, union leader, Luís Bravo, said that “almost everyone was on strike, and there was just a little pressure for train drivers to replace striking ticket inspectors”, but “fortunately, most of them refused” so almost 85 percent of the trains did not run.
“There were only three trains on the busy Sintra line and none on the Cascais line […] only one long-haul train left Lisbon”, he added.
The railway workers at incumbent passenger company CP, and freight companies Medway and Takargo were on strike in protest against the possibility of trains having just a single crew member onboard.