The Malaga metro will again experience delays today and on Holy Thursday due to the strike.

If you plan to use the metro to attend the Holy Week processions in the Center, you should be aware that the workers have called for two upcoming strike days, which will affect the busiest hours for travelers heading to the official route.

The first will be this Holy Wednesday (April 1), when the partial stoppages will last from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM. Subsequently, on Holy Thursday (April 2), they will be from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM. On these same days, there will be staff gatherings at El Perchel station, next to María Zambrano.

These new calls for mobilization come after what was experienced during Holy Monday, when the strike was fully felt in the subway service, just at the hours when thousands of Malagueños were relying on this service to reach the Center to attend the processions (and particularly, that of the Captive).

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Crowded trains and long queues to catch the metro due to the strike this Holy Monday in Málaga

As a result, this 2026 Holy Monday has lost the record number of travelers it had in 2025, when it was the day with the most users in a single day (then falling on April 14), with a total of 113,880. This time, the mobilizations, which caused significant queues and delays to board the carriages, which were also overcrowded, have deterred many users, who opted for other means or, directly, to return home. Specifically, the company committee reports a total of 103,571 users, that is, about 10,000 less than last year.

The Andalusian Regional Government, of which Metro de Málaga is a concessionaire, acknowledged that demand until 8:30 PM, when the partial stop ended, "had fallen by 13% compared to the same period of the previous Holy Monday." Nevertheless, this agency assured that the service during the strike had been provided "without any incidents or excessive crowds."

Regarding the second point, this newspaper was able to verify this Monday at several stations that there had indeed been significant congestion and total saturation of all the convoys at those times, causing much inconvenience to the users.

While the strike lasts, this Holy Wednesday the workers are again called to a gathering, which will take place from 6:00 PM to 7:00 PM at the entrance of El Perchel station, next to María Zambrano.