Amtrak said on Friday that its Maple Leaf train will resume operating between New York and Toronto on June 27.
The train has been operating only between New York and Niagara Falls, New York, since March 2020 due to restrictions on international travel imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In a service advisory, Amtrak said passengers crossing the border will need to follow standard entry documentation requirements as well as fulfill additional requirements imposed by the governments of the United States and Canada.
Passengers traveling to the United States who are not U.S. citizens must be fully vaccinated with a U.S. FDA or WHO-approved COVID-19 vaccine.
Passengers traveling into Canada must use the ArriveCAN app before travel and wear a facial mask while aboard the train traveling within Canada and in Canadian railroad stations.
Non-Canadian citizens must be fully vaccinated and carry the vaccination record that was uploaded into ArriveCAN.
Required documents include the following as well as copy of an ArriveCAN receipt: Passports and travel documents; visas required by foreign nationals to enter Canada; valid permanent resident cards; travel documents issued to permanent residents abroad to facilitate their return to Canada; single journey travel documents issued to refugees selected abroad for resettlement in Canada; travel documents issued by Canada to persons on whom the Government of Canada has conferred protection as refugees or protected persons.
The service advisory noted that minor children are subject to the same travel document and visa requirements as adults.
More information about the ArriveCan program is available at the website of VIA Rail Canada at
VIA operates the Maple Leaf between Toronto and Niagara Falls, Ontario.
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