Starting Monday, the N.C. Department of Transportation is cutting the number of daily Amtrak trips in North Carolina as the outbreak of COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, dents demand for tickets.

NCDOT and Amtrak jointly operate the Piedmont and Carolinian lines, which travel across the state. The Piedmont line, which includes six trains, travels between Charlotte and Raleigh, and the Carolinian line goes from Raleigh all the way to New York.

The state agency will stop operating four of the Piedmont trains — 73, 74, 77 and 78 — for an indefinite period of time.

Piedmont trains 75 and 76 and Carolinian trains 79 and 80 will continue on normal schedules.

Amtrak is also waiving all change fees on existing or new reservations made before April 30.

The outbreak of the coronavirus has hit demand on Amtrak lines across the country, even on the popular Acela line.

Earlier this month, Amtrak said it would cancel its nonstop Acela service between D.C. and New York City through late May because of a fall in demand, WTOP reported.

This story was originally published March 20, 2020 at 2:31 PM.