I-Amtrak izakuvumela abathengi beeklasi zeshishini le-Acela ukuba bagcine izihlalo kwangaphambili ngaphandle kwendleko ezongezelelweyo kwinyanga ezayo, kumzamo ongaphezulu wokwenza abathengi bazive bekhuselekile xa bekwiminyaka ye-coronavirus.
Ukuqala ngo-Agasti 3, abathengi baya kuvunyelwa ukuba babeke isihlalo sefestile, kubandakanya nemoto yabo ethe cwaka, ngaphambi kohambo lwabo. Okwangoku, izitulo zetheyibhile ezijonge ngasemva zivaliwe, kodwa amaqela ahamba kunye angathatha isigqibo sokuhlala kunye.
Abathengi baya kuthi ngokuzenzekelayo babelwe isihlalo kodwa baya kuba nenketho yokutshintsha.
Njengokuba i-Amtrak ihambisa umgangatho omtsha wokuhamba, indawo yokuhlala ibiyenye yamanyathelo amatsha esiwenzileyo ukuxhasa iinkqubo ezandisiweyo zempilo nezokhuseleko, uMongameli we-Amtrak kunye ne-CEO uBill Flynn yatsho kwingxelo . Ngokubonelela abathengi ngenkqubo elula kunye nekhuselekileyo yokubhoda ethintela abantu ukuhamba ngoololiwe bezama ukufumana isihlalo, siyakwazi ukuhlangabezana nokulindelwe ngabathengi kuhambo olukhuselekileyo.