TORONTO – A Toronto-area transit company says it does not plan to require passengers to provide proof of the COVID-19 vaccine before traveling.
Metrolinx says it would be difficult to require COVID-19 vaccinations for travelers on GO Transit and Union Pearson Express trains for logistical reasons.
Spokesman James Wattie says customers board the company’s trains and buses through hundreds of gates on its network that is connected to 14 different transit systems.
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Metrolinx, which is owned by the Ontario government, operates large fleets of trains and buses in the Toronto and Hamilton areas.
Wattie says the company was concerned that some might think proof of vaccination was required after the federal government announced plans to require the COVID-19 vaccine for travelers on trains.
The federal government said Wednesday that passengers on VIA Rail and Rocky Mountaineer trains should be fully vaccinated by Oct. 30.
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