(9 May 2008) SHOTLIST
1. Wide of Rome Termini train station
2. Close-up of sign on top of bus reading: (Italian) "Not in Service", pull-out to bus at bus stop
3. Pan right of people waiting at bus stops with few buses around
4. Tilt-down from transportation worker informing tourists about alternative routes on map of Rome
5. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Pietro (no surname given), Transport Worker:
"There is a wide participation. The underground is completely shut down and on the surface, as you can see, the situation is quite difficult."
6. Cut-away tourist waiting
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Tourist from Austria (no name given), Vox Pop:
"Maybe we have to walk."
(Q: "Is it not a problem for you, to walk? Rome is big.")
"No, I eat enough so it's good to walk a little bit."
8. Pan left of people queuing for taxis outside Termini train station
9. Wide of interior of station
10. Train board showing many trains cancelled
11. People waiting inside train station
12. Wide of empty railway lines
13. Close-up of train board reading: (Italian) "Cancelled"
14. Wide of railway with just one train on tracks
15. People waiting inside station
16. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) Luigi (no surname given), Commuter from Naples, Vox Pop:
"Last night I went to the information centre. There was a long queue of people asking for information. They confirmed my train would run regularly so I stayed because I can take my train to go back home."
17. Wide of people waiting inside train station
18. Close-up of train board showing changing status of trains
19. Queue for taxis
20. SOUNDBITE: (Italian) (no name given), Businessman waiting for taxi:
"I'm waiting for the taxi. I am queuing endlessly, I come to Rome now and then and that's the welcome I receive."
21. Wide of nun waiting for bus at bus stop in central Rome
22. People trying to get on and off an overcrowded bus
STORYLINE
Transport workers across Italy walked off their jobs on Friday in a dispute over contracts.
The four-hour strike affected buses, trams and commuter trains in major cities, including Rome and Milan, with hours varying.
"There is a wide participation. The underground is completely shut down and on the surface, as you can see, the situation is quite difficult," Pietro, a transport worker told AP Television, as he helped tourists find alternative routes in Rome.
The strike has caused some traffic disruption.
AP Television showed pictures of people queuing for taxis outside Rome Termini train station on Friday.
"I'm waiting for the taxi. I am queuing endlessly, I come to Rome now and then and that's the welcome I receive," said one businessman outside the station.
However, unions have said they will guarantee a minimum service in rush hours.
"They confirmed my train would run regularly so I stayed because I can take my train to go back home," Luigi, a commuter from Naples, told AP Television in Rome Termini train station on Friday.
Service between Rome's main Termini railways station and the Leonardo da Vinci airport is also guaranteed.
The strike is taking place a day after conservative Premier Silvio Berlusconi was sworn in.
However, transport workers often stage strikes in Italy.
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