Rome public transport on strike from 08.30 till 16.30 on Friday.

The 2022 version of European Mobility Week obtained off to a nasty begin in Rome the place dozens of individuals had been locked right into a subway station on Friday morning throughout a public transport strike.

The incident occurred at Cornelia when transport staff locked the gates earlier than passengers on the final subway practice had left the station after the eight-hour strike started at 08.30.

Commuters had been allegedly trapped underground “for nearly 40 minutes” earlier than being launched by subway staff, stories Italian newspaper La Repubblica.

Rome’s municipal transport firm ATAC supplied its apologies to the passengers and pledged to launch an investigation into the dynamics of the incident.

Friday’s nationwide eight-hour strike, which follows various timetables relying on town, has been organised by commerce unions in response to “the violent and repeated assaults” on public transport staff.

The incident at Cornelia metro station comes the day earlier than Rome makes its buses, subways and trams free for all commuters, on Saturday 17 September, to rejoice European Mobility Week below the theme “Higher Connections.”