Amtrak Temporarily Stopping Some Services Due to Staff Shortages

Amtrak Temporarily Stopping Some Services Due to Staff Shortages
An Amtrak passenger train sits in New York City's Pennsylvania Station on April 27, 2017. Mike Segar/Reuters
Naveen Athrappully
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Amtrak will be cutting some services because of staff shortages due to the COVID-19 federal vaccine mandate, according to testimony given to Congress on Thursday.

Amtrak President Stephen Gardner told the House Transportation subcommittee in a written testimony (pdf) that 94 percent of the company’s staff members have been fully vaccinated while 96 percent have received at least one dose of the vaccine.