The seekitaly.com site doesnt seem to be working. Anyone know of a site with English that announces the strikes?

Not in English, but it's not difficult to figure out:

http://www.infrastrutturetrasporti.i...php?p=scioperi

Train is "ferroviario"...

Thanks. It looks like it says the personnel group of the train will be striking on 9/29. Interesting, I wonder if that means the trains are not running.

My first run in with a train strike was in Rome when Emily and I were booking a train to Florence. The man at the ticket sales said on trains tomorrow. I could not believe that there were no trains running so i asked him and he said there was one but he would not advise me to take that train. I again asked and he said "use your Brain don"t take the train". So we booked it for another day. We just changed our agenda. If you get a chance check our my page emilyandjim.info. Or search on traveling with Emily ...

I wonder what was wrong with that last train? I will look up your website, thanks.

It seems the strike of "Gruppo personale FS" (there are other categories of Gruppi) are striking starting at 9pm on 9/29 and continuing for 24 hours until 8:59 pm on 9/30, so if you are traveling during the day on 9/29 it should work out.

I winder if Gruppo FS are administrative though, haven't been able to determine that yet.

While looking around, I noticed a "Pasta strike" from a few months ago. Yikes!

The trouble is I was taking the train on the 30th in the morning. Yes, I wonder if it is just administrative or what.

Pasta strike?! oh no

Seaurchin, I bet you can find a ride!!! Good luck and enjoy your trip.
My starts on the 2nd, I'm getting itchy!

We are traveling throughout Italy from October 13-24. We plan on using the train to get between places. Are these train strikes short lived? Will we have anything to worry about during our trip?

All train strikes in Italy are short-lived. They do not exceed 24 hours in duration. They are announced ahead of time, and many - not all - that are announced are cancelled before they take place.

Hi Sea Urchin - There are often certain 'guaranteed' trains on strike days anyway - usually some ES trains.

The guaranteed ones will be listed on the Trenitalia website a day or two in advance.

In bocca al lupo

Steve

http://www.trenitalia.com/en/notizie...eri/index.html
This site shows guaranteed service. It can change so keep checking. If I must travel on a suspected strike day I'll book a seat on one of these trains. No strike - I have a seat anyway. Trick is to use the NUMBER of the train when trying to figure it out. Find the trains you can take using regular schedule then check with the numbers on the guaranteed train list. Destination listed isn't as important as the train number. It's always worked for me, but good luck anyway.

aye aye aye, it is always sumpthing.
In bocca al lupo, indeed!

I will keep checking these sites, thanks.

I guess we could rent a car for the day or tag onto some tour going our direction if all else fails.