Amtrak will require all passengers to wear facial coverings or masks starting on Monday. It's also booking only half of each train's normal capacity — and temporarily going cashless in stations and on trains.
Amtrak will limit bookings to half of a train's normal capacity so passengers can maintain social distance.Amtrak will limit bookings to half of a train's normal capacity so passengers can maintain social distance.Amtrak is the latest transportation provider to require all passengers to wear facial coverings or masks to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus, beginning Monday.and many public transit systems in requiring coverings or face masks on passengers.
Customers will have to"wear a facial covering over their nose and mouth while in stations, on trains and [Thruway] buses," Amtrak said in a news release. "Facial coverings can be removed when customers are eating in designated areas, in their private rooms, or seated alone or with a travel companion in their own pair of seats. Small children who are not able to maintain a facial covering are exempt from this requirement.
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