Italy divided in two for those who want to move in train from today, Friday 6 February, to Sunday evening. Between bad weather warning and strike scheduled to start at 21 on Saturday 7 February and for the following 24 hours, it will be very complicated to move along the entire railway line, especially in the north.
The bulletin of Trenitalia it looks like a war bulletin: the list of railway lines broken down due towave of bad weather and snow which is involving the whole northern area and a good part of central Italy. The most critical situation is in theEmilia-Romagna and in Bologna. The heavy snowfalls in progress throughout the region are causing severe slowdowns in rail traffic, especially in the Bologna junction. Not only regional roads but also high-speed trains register severe slowdowns. The weather conditions are causing major problems to the electric line on the Milan-Bologna high-speed line. Trenitalia announces that at 9.15 the trains are delayed by up to 100 minutes.
On the line Mantua-Modena, from 6,10 this morning the circulation of trains is suspended between Gonzaga-Reggiolo and Rolo-Novi-Fabbrico. Trenitalia cannot guarantee the activation of the replacement bus service on the route due to the impassability of the roads.
The other critical area due to the cold and snow wave of the last few hours is the Lombardia. Severe inconveniences were also recorded on the Lombard railway line, especially on the border with Emilia and north of Milan. The Ferrovie dello Stato bulletin reports that rail traffic is suspended on the lines Cremona-Fidenza/Piacenza, Brescia-Parma and Codogno-Mantova. The adverse weather conditions also caused branches to fall on the electricity line between Ternate and Besozzo on the Luino-Gallarate line. Rail traffic between the two stations was suspended from 7.40 and the trains were diverted via Sesto Calende.
However, some are registered improvements on the Rimini-Ancona line where traffic from 7.20 is gradually returning to normal after a slowdown due to the presence of debris on the tracks due to a strong storm surge. Trains travel an average of 40 minutes late on this route.
To this little comforting bulletin for all travelers is added the news of the strike is from 21pm tomorrow, Saturday 7 February, will involve railway workers from theBasic trade union union. The strike will last until 21pm on Sunday 8 February and will cause severe variations, limitations and cancellations for some types of trains. The strike will involve employees of Trenitalia and Trenord and Ntv workers will not join, the Italotreno company.
Trenitalia has announced on its website that all the journeys of Arrows will be guaranteed and that there will be no inconvenience in connection with theFiumicino airport. In any case, they will be on Saturday only 6 Intercity connections cancelled and on Sunday there will be 15 Intercity connections canceled by Trenitalia. To these inconveniences could be added cancellations and variations for connections with regional trains.
Very difficult situation even on the Italian highways. The 11,37 bulletin of Autostrade per l'Italia indicates that heavy snowfalls are underway on the A1 between Milan and Bologna and between Sasso Marconi and Calenzano, on the A14 Bologna-Taranto between Bologna and Forlì, on the entire branch road to Ravenna. It is snowing lightly on the entire A9 Lainate Como Chiasso, on the Gallarate-Gattico branch, between the junction with the A8 and Castelletto Ticino. On the on the A1 Milan-Naples due to heavy snow there are sometimes queues between the junction with the A22 and Modena north, towards Bologna and on the A14 between Bologna San Lazzaro and Bologna Borgo Panigale.
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