Amtrak Reduces Schedule Amid Outbreak Among Staff

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Amtrak Reduces Schedule Amid Outbreak Among Staff
December 31, 2021

The Washington Post reports:

Amtrak said Thursday that it will reduce its schedule between New Year’s Eve and Jan. 6 as it battles bad weather in some parts of the country and a surge in coronavirus cases among its employees.

“Amtrak regrets any inconvenience,” the railroad said in a statement. “We are continuing to monitor changing conditions and will make any further adjustments as required.” Amtrak says 97 percent of its workforce is vaccinated against the coronavirus, but it has seen an increase in positive cases in line with the surge around the country.

The trimmed train schedule mirrors thousands of canceled airline flights since Christmas Eve and disruptions to local transit services as the fast-spreading omicron variant drives case counts to their highest levels of the pandemic.

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Amtrak cancels dozens of trains because of weather, coronavirus cases among workers

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[PortTack]

1. It didn't help that they relaxed their vaccination mandate for employees!

[empedocles]

2. My wife came in at 5:30p Christmas Eve, on a train from Boston,

en route to Roanoke Va [4? hours away]. Wife got off this lengthy train, in NoVa, which had just one conductor for all the cars. All on & off passengers had to pass by this one conductor. We made it in a nick of time it seems.