US Railroad Amtrak to Require Employee Vaccinations or Testing, Memo Says

An Amtrak train is parked at the platform inside New York's Penn Station, the nation's busiest train hub, on July 7, 2017. Brendan McDermid/File Photo/Reuters

WASHINGTON—U.S. passenger railroad Amtrak will require all of its 18,000 employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Nov. 1 or submit to weekly testing.

The railroad also said starting Oct. 4 all new employees will need to show proof they are fully vaccinated before their first day of employment. Amtrak also said employees working remotely will not be required to return to their Amtrak office or facility until Nov. 1.