r/Interrail • u/lazyworkaholic2020 • 2d ago

Italy October 30 strike - will ÖBB Railjet be affected?

Hi all, I’m travelling from Innsbruck to Bozen on 30 October and wondering whether it will impact the ÖBB/DB RJ 87 (arriving at 17:27)

I’m unsure whether an Italian strike affects an ÖBB/DB train coming from Austria. Where can I check whether these services are guaranteed? Thanks!

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u/Fab_GE 2d ago edited 2d ago

The only guaranteed services are R/RE/RV trains in some specific times (commuters' times). All the other trains, including the foreign one, will be canceled, since all the people involved in the running of the trains will be on strike.

You can download the "Quadro orario" of the train stations here https://www.rfi.it/it/stazioni/pagine-stazioni/servizi-di-qualita/informazioni-al-pubblico/quadri-orario-on-line.html Then download the PDF ("Scaricare il formato PDF...") and all the guaranteed services are the one with a G in a box in the second column.

So normally, you'll have to use the R 17159 Brenner/Brennero - Merano/Meran, departure 16.38 from Brenner, arrival 17.59 in Bozen (if the RJ goes til Brenner from Innsbruck, I don't know how it works for this part of the journey).

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u/skifans United Kingdom • Quality Contributor 2d ago

Yes they are impacted, the staff change at the border so in normal operation Italian staff operate the train through Italy. Specially it's run by Trenord so you need to check: https://www.trenord.it/en/assistance/useful-information/in-case-of-strike-action/

Only trains 82/83 are on the guaranteed list. Train 83 is the 1130 departure from Innsbruck and 82 the Northbound service. All other long distance trains will be cancelled.

Some local trains are guaranteed during commuter times, I've not looked at the list but you may be able to chain them together.

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u/Deval_Dragon 2d ago

With a railway strike in Italy nothing is guaranteed.

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u/DinahNL 2d ago

I read that the 30 october strike excludes transport.?

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u/No_Direction_4610 2d ago

It looks like the strike includes the railways:
https://scioperi.mit.gov.it/mit2/public/scioperi

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u/DinahNL 2d ago

I somehow can’t get the link in but it does say it excludes transport.

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u/No_Direction_4610 1d ago

That's on another date. OP asked about 30/10.

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u/Fab_GE 1d ago

It's here: for the railway, it'll begin at 9pm the 29 and end at 8.59pm the 30.