The locomotive drivers’ wild strike, resulting in commuter chaos, is in its third and final planned day. But it is unclear how long it will take before the commuter trains can run as usual again. After two days of canceled departures and major disruptions in Stockholm’s commuter train traffic, the difficult situation for commuters continues as the wild strike among train drivers now enters its third and final planned day. During Monday and Tuesday, around four out of five commuter trains were cancelled, compared to a normal day – and this is how the situation looks on Wednesday as well. – We expect it to be basically the same as the previous days, says Henrik Palmér, press spokesperson at SL. According to SL’s website, replacement buses have been deployed between hubs for the commuter trains and the subway. It was on the night of Monday that the train drivers went on a wild strike – an illegal strike organized by individual employees – which is scheduled to last until Wednesday at 23.59. The background to the protest action is the abolition of train stewards, which means solitary work for the drivers. No extended strike SL has so far received no signals that the strike will be longer than that, but it is unclear how quickly the commuter train service can start. – We hope that the strike will be over tomorrow and provided that it is, we will try to resume normal traffic as soon as possible, but so far I have been told that it will take some time to get everything back in place . The trains are scattered in the system and not where they should be when you start the service, says Henrik Palmér. On Tuesday, the employer MTR announced that the train drivers who have gone on wild strike will be sued for SEK 6,000 each. Something that was expected, according to the strikers, who have soon collected 1.5 million kroner for the strike fund.
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Continued commuter chaos in Stockholm
