CPTM strike causes inconvenience to residents of Alto Tietê The strike by employees of Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) entered its second day this Wednesday (5). With the stoppage, passengers on Alto Tietê using lines 11-Coral and 12-Safira once again faced queues and route changes. The strike began at midnight on Tuesday (4). In Poá, those who needed to go to work faced queues to board the buses of the Support Plan between Companies in Emergency Situations (Paese). Passengers try to get on Paese system buses in Poá Maiara Barbosa/TV Diário At around 7:30 am, passengers lined up in the underpass near the Poá CPTM station to board Paese buses. The buses passed, on average, every five minutes, but were already full both towards Guianases, in the East Zone of São Paulo, and towards the Estudantes station, in Mogi das Cruzes. ? Click to follow the g1 Mogi das Cruzes e Suzano channel on WhatsApp Self-employed Renato Santana arrived at the Poá CPTM station at 6:20 am to go by train to São Paulo. On Tuesday (4), he was unable to work because of the strike. "I'm hoping to settle the dust a little today, there's been a slowdown here in the movement, waiting for Paese to be as empty as possible before I go, right? I'm self-employed, so it's something that causes a lot of loss, you know?" Renato also complained about the lack of information to passengers about transport alternatives. WATCH: g1 monitors the situation of trains in SP in real time "We work every day, we wake up in the morning, 4 am, 5 am, to go to work, look for a living, unfortunately this neglect, right? We need as little information as possible and we don't have it." Around 8:15 am, the movement of passengers waiting for buses decreased. Even so, those who managed to board traveled in crowded buses Passengers face overcrowding on Paese buses in Poá Maiara Barbosa/TV Diário Non-compliance with decision The Companhia Paulista de Trens Metropolitanos (CPTM) reported that only three of the 126 drivers needed to operate lines 11-Coral, 12-Safira and 13-Jade showed up for work this Wednesday morning (5), the second day of the railway workers' strike in São Paulo. Paul. According to the company, the number represents less than 3% of the total number of professionals needed for the operation. In a note, CPTM stated that the total workforce on the three lines was 47% at 7am, peak time, a percentage below the 80% determined by the Regional Labor Court (TRT). According to the company, the court decision was once again violated by the Union of Workers at Railway Companies in the Central Zone of Brazil. To maintain part of the operation, CPTM informed that it activated its contingency plan. In total, 23 supervisors took over driving the trains to guarantee the provision of transport to passengers. On Tuesday, the first day of the strike, the president of CPTM had already told g1 that the union did not comply with the TRT's decision, which determined that 80% of the workforce would be maintained during peak hours and 60% during other periods. In case of non-compliance, the Court imposed a daily fine of R$400,000 on the union. Strike The strike began on Tuesday (4), and affects lines 11-Coral, 12-Safira and 13-Jade, in addition to Expresso Aeroporto. Since July 24, these lines have been operated again by CPTM, which temporarily resumed service after the departure of the concessionaire Trivia Trens. The strike was initiated by the Union of Workers in Railway Companies of the Central Zone of Brazil, which is against the concession process for lines 11-Coral, 12-Safira and 13-Jade. The category demands guarantees for workers during the transition of the operation to the private sector. In Alto Tietê, Line 11-Coral serves the Estudantes, Mogi das Cruzes, Brás Cubas and Jundiapeba stations, in Mogi das Cruzes; Suzano, in Suzano; Poá and Calmon Viana, in Poá; and Antonio Gianetti Neto and Ferraz de Vasconcelos, in Ferraz de Vasconcelos. Line 12-Safira serves Calmon Viana, in Poá, and Aracaré, Itaquaquecetuba and Engenheiro Manoel Feio, in Itaquaquecetuba. According to CPTM, a contingency plan was activated to reduce impacts on passengers. The company also informed that it appealed to the Regional Labor Court (TRT), which ordered 80% of the workforce to operate during peak hours and 60% during other periods. If the decision is not complied with, the union may be fined R$400,000 per day. The strike was decided at a meeting held on Monday (3). According to the Union of Workers in Railway Companies of the Central Zone of Brazil, the strike is against the privatization of the lines and also in defense of maintaining employees' jobs. Category demands CPTM employees on strike demand the definitive renationalization of lines 11-Coral, 12-Safira and 13-Jade, the guarantee of all jobs at CPTM and the approval of Bill (PL) nº 730/2025 in the Legislative Assembly of the State of São Paulo (Alesp), with the support of the government. Striking CPTM employees ask for job guarantees for 4,700 employees The text of the PL is from deputy Guilherme Cortez (PSOL) and provides for the absorption of the state-owned company's employees by state public administration bodies after concessions. The union did not give a deadline for the end of the strike. According to the Brazilian Central Railway Workers Union (STEFZCB) – which represents the 4,700 CPTM employees – only 11% of CPTM employees on the three lines granted were transferred to the new private company. Watch more news from Alto Tietê