Mid-week train strike to affect rail services across Italy.

Train passengers in Italy face disruption to rail services on Wednesday 19 March, from 09.00 until 17.00, due to a national strike by railway workers.

The eight-hour strike has been called by the UGL Ferrovieri, FAST-Confsal and ORSA Trasporti trade unions to demand the renewal of collective labour agreements in the rail sector.

The strike is set to impact regional and long-distance services operated by national rail provider Trenitalia and private rail company Italo, however minimum train services will be guaranteed.

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The walkout is also expected to disrupt Trenord services in the northern Lombardia region around Milan as well as rail connections to and from Rome's Fiumicino airport.

The strike action will not affect local public transport services.

Trenitalia informs that from 9am to 5pm on Wednesday, March 19th, due to a national strike, rail connections to and from Fiumicino Airport may experience delays or cancellations. pic.twitter.com/n4ZhwIUX8I— Aeroporti di Roma (@AeroportidiRoma) March 18, 2025

A separate 24-hour rail strike called by the USB trade union, originally scheduled from 21.00 on Tuesday 18 March until the same time the next evening, has been called off.

Wednesday's train strike action comes ahead of two planned strikes affecting local public transport services in cities across Italy, on Friday 21 March and Tuesday 1 April.

We update our news of strikes in Italy regularly. For official information about public transport strikes in Italy see the transport ministry website.

Article first published 12 March, republished 18 March.