Hello,
We arrive in Rome on May 14th about 9:00a.m. and were planning to take the express train to Termini station which is 2 blocks from our hotel. We are in need of advice concerning the attached strike. Should we hire a limo or will the strike affect us. Thanks for your help..
Gary
May 13th ~ May 14th 2004: 24 hours nationwide strike of Italian railroaders and maritime personnel belonging to FS (Ferrovie dello Stato - State Railroads), from 2100 (May. 13) till 2100 (May. 14).

The strike ends at 9 pm. (2100) on the 14th so since you arrive at 9 am. it will certainly affect you.

FS train strikes do not effect the Airport-Termini train.
I had always heard that that was true and a couple of months ago I posted the same question *just* to be certain . I was told it did run.
I arrived during a FS train strike last March and the Airport Train *did* run. Regards, Walter
p.s. Just curious, what hotel are you staying at? I've stayed in 4 hotels within a couple of blocks of Termini.

Thanks Walter, I just booked a Limo just to be safe and the price is close to the cost of the train since there is 4 of us.
When we arrive in Rome we are at the Hotel Aphrodite for 1 night, then drive to Amalfi for a week stay and back to Rome for 3 nights at the Hotel Ariston.
We can hardly wait.We were there last May and started planning this trip on the flight home..

Gary, www.airportshuttle.it may be your best bet for 4 of you--good luck !

Thanks Bob... I had already booled the Rome Limo Service for 52.00

The following website used to be good for info re transportation strikes in Italay, but right now I'm getting a blank page: http://scioperi.oinko.net/

Yikes! We're planning on leaving Florence first thing on Sat.May 15th on a Eurostar train to Rome for a 1:30 flight out of FCO. Do the strikes usually end when they say they will, in this case at 9:00pm on May 14th?

we were in venice in march during a boat strike....what we found is that not all boats stopped....so don't comletely panic...there may be some transportation....no wonder italy has had so many governments since WWII