Passenger train and freighter disruptions are being reported on the second day of a general strike by rail workers on Friday.

Amid reduced train operation while fulfilling related guidelines, 155 regional branches of the Korean Railway Workers’ Union held get-togethers to strengthen solidarity.

As of 7 a.m. Friday, four-thousand-802 out of 18-thousand-613 workers, or 25-point-eight percent, were taking part in the strike.

The operation of KTX high-speed trains had dropped to 66-point-one percent of the normal rate as of 9 a.m., while the corresponding figures were 18-point-five percent for freight trains and 75-point-nine percent for subway trains in the capital region. 

The union, which is calling for a wage hike, payment of overdue wages, increased hiring to address labor shortages, and improved working conditions, urged the government and the Korea Railroad Corporation(KORAIL) to make a decision.

The transport ministry and KORAIL plan to increase operations on Seoul subway lines 3 and 4 beginning Monday, after deals were reached early Friday and a strike averted at Seoul Metro.

While checking the situation at Seoul’s Guro Station on Friday, Transport Minister Park Sang-woo urged the union to halt the walkout and return to negotiations with management.

Some say the strike may last longer amid the nation’s political turmoil, after President Yoon Suk Yeol declared martial law earlier this week and now faces the possibility of impeachment.