General strike and storm in Cádiz: no classes in 18 municipalities, buses at 60 % and the tram at 75 % at peak times
Topics Consorcio de Transportes de la Bahía de Cádiz
The province of Cádiz experiences today the 11-N general strike in the middle of storm Charles. We review the minimum services for buses, Trambahía, catamaran, trains, hospitals and schools, and which demonstrations are maintained.
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Today, Wednesday, November 11, there is a general strike. It is called by CCOO, UGT, CGT, CNT and other unions across Spain, over wages, housing and prices. It runs from 00:00 to 24:00; in companies with shifts, it begins in the last shift before midnight. In the province of Cádiz it coincides with storm Charles and its orange wind warning on the coast, which has already suspended classes, the University and some marches.
Classes suspended due to the storm
The Junta has suspended in-person teaching activity and day centres since 20:00 on Tuesday in 18 Cádiz municipalities due to the storm, not the strike: Barbate, Cádiz, Chiclana, Chipiona, Conil, El Puerto de Santa María, Puerto Real, Rota, San Fernando, Sanlúcar, Trebujena, Vejer, Algeciras, Los Barrios, Castellar, La Línea, San Roque and Tarifa. The University of Cádiz closes its four campuses.
In the rest of the province, schools open with strike minimums: one member of the management team and between one and three teachers, with no guarantee of classes, and dining hall at 33% maximum.
Buses, tram and catamaran
Urban buses in Cádiz and Jerez are running at 60%, as are the intercity buses of the Consorcio de la Bahía de Cádiz and the Cádiz-El Puerto and Cádiz-Rota catamaran, which also depend on sea conditions. The Trambahía runs at 75% at peak times and 50% off-peak.
In Algeciras, the urban bus operates with 50% of staff and fleet, as agreed with the unions, and changes the schedules of its six lines: L1 starts at 7:30 at Puerta Europa, and L5 and L6 end at 21:30. Algeciras rubbish collection runs with fewer trucks.
Trains
Cádiz Cercanías (C1 and C1a) run at 75% during peak hours (from 6:00 to 9:00, at midday between 13:30 and 16:00, depending on the line, and from 18:30 to 20:30) and at 50% the rest of the day. Media Distancia trains, including Avant, run at 65% on average and AVE and Larga Distancia at 73%, according to the resolution of the Ministry of Transport reported by Renfe. Iryo maintains 32 of its 44 trains and Ouigo, 69%. Ticket offices handle changes and refunds; before going to the station it is advisable to check whether your train is among those running.
Boats and airport
Between Algeciras and Ceuta, Transport guarantees six boats in each direction, distributed among the three shipping companies on the line, provided the sea allows (Marine Merchant resolution). With the storm, it is prudent to confirm with the shipping company. Lines with Tangier have no minimums because they are international. The Algeciras-Ceuta helicopter has 80% of its flights protected.
At Jerez airport, 76% of flights with the Canary and Balearic Islands are protected, 58% of those with no alternative within five hours and 32% of the rest (resolution).
Hospitals and health centres
SAS hospitals operate as on a Sunday or public holiday, with emergencies, ICUs, delivery rooms and emergency operating theatres fully covered. Treatments that cannot wait are guaranteed: chemotherapy, radiotherapy, cancer surgery, dialysis and oxygen therapy. What is not guaranteed are consultations, tests and scheduled operations that can be postponed, so anyone with an appointment today may find it is changed.
In health centres without emergencies (SUAP) at least one doctor remains for urgent cases; in auxiliary clinics there are no minimums and you must go to the reference centre, as on a public holiday. 061 maintains 90% of call handling and all its mobile teams, and Salud Responde, 75%. Pharmacies open as on a Sunday. This is set by the order of the Regional Ministry of Health (SAS note).
Rubbish and municipal services
In Cádiz capital, the City Council maintains street lighting and traffic lights at 50%, cleaning at 40% and parks and gardens at 34%. In Jerez, home help is provided at 80, 60 or 40% depending on the degree of dependency.
Care homes for the elderly, for people with disabilities and for minors operate as on a public holiday, and day centres at 50 %. Home help is provided according to the degree of dependency, from 90 % of the hours in the most severe cases to 40 % in grade I, always with personal care, meals and medication guaranteed.
Other services
- Post office (Correos): offices open during their usual hours with one to three people per shift and deliveries are maintained at half capacity, above all due to postal voting for 29-N (order in the BOE).
- Petrol stations: at least 20 % of those in each comarca must open (BOE).
- 112: provincial rooms work with half of their operators and regional rooms with 80 %.
- State offices (SEPE, Social Security, DNI): no minimum services have been published. They open, but service depends on how many people join the strike.
- Banks and shops: they are not essential services and have no minimums. Each will open according to its own staff.
- Canal Sur: only broadcasts news bulletins, in reduced format.
- Junta museums and monuments: only security staff remain, so the foreseeable outcome is that they close.
Demonstrations
The demonstrations in Algeciras and La Línea have been called off due to the orange warning, although the strike and pickets continue, according to the Comité Popular del Campo de Gibraltar. In Cádiz, the march was called for 18:00 from avenida de las Cortes to San Juan de Dios, and the unions were deciding at midday whether to keep it due to the storm. The Sindicato de Inquilinas has called demonstrations in Sanlúcar and Jerez at 11:00 and in El Puerto at 12:00.
What no one has published yet is the monitoring data. CádizYa will be reporting throughout the day on how the minimum services are being met.
Minimum services in Andalusian healthcare (Order of 3/11/2026, BOJA 216) (opens outside the portal)
Renfe minimum services (Ministry of Transport) (opens outside the portal)
Shall we let you know what matters?