Amtrak to Require Employee COVID-19 Vaccinations

An Amtrak train is parked at the platform inside New York's Penn Station on July 7, 2017. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

Passenger railroad Amtrak said on Tuesday it will require nearly all of its 18,000 employees be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 by Nov. 22.

The railroad said in an email to employees that it will only allow regular coronavirus testing in lieu of vaccines for medical and religious accommodations.