Service Dog Travel On Trains

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Traveling With a Service Dog on Amtrak

Planning to travel by train with your service dog? Being prepared can make your trip easier and more organized.

Amtrak currently permits trained service animals accompanying passengers with disabilities in customer areas of its stations, trains, and Amtrak Thruway motor coaches. Amtrak states that service animals are permitted wherever passengers are permitted.

Register Your Service Dog Before You Travel

If you’re traveling with your service dog, consider creating a Service Dog Registration before your trip.

Registration provides a convenient way to organize your service dog’s information and maintain a record that you can access when needed.

Your registration can include:

• Your service dog’s name
• Your dog’s photograph
• Service Dog ID number
• Handler information
• Contact information
• Emergency contact information
• Other information you choose to provide

Register Your Service Dog Today

Create your registration and keep your service dog’s information organized wherever you travel.

[REGISTER YOUR SERVICE DOG]

Get Your Personalized Service Dog ID Card

After registering your service dog, you can also order a personalized Service Dog ID Card.

Our durable, wallet-sized cards can include your dog’s photograph, name, ID number, handler information, and other information associated with your registration.

It’s a convenient way to carry your service dog’s information with you while traveling.

[REGISTER NOW & GET YOUR ID CARD]

Amtrak May Ask About Your Service Dog

Amtrak states that its employees may ask what type of service or task your animal has been trained to perform.

Your dog should be trained to perform work or tasks related to your disability and must remain under your control while traveling.

An ID card or registration does not replace this requirement.

The purpose of our registration is to provide convenient identification and record keeping—not to create or certify service-animal status.

Keep Your Service Dog Information With You

Traveling with a service dog means keeping track of your dog’s information, health records, identification, and travel needs.

A registration record and personalized ID card can give you a simple way to keep that information organized.

Your Service Dog Registration Can Include:

✓ Personalized service dog record

✓ Dog photograph

✓ Service Dog ID number

✓ Handler information

✓ Emergency contact information

✓ Optional durable ID card

✓ Convenient information to carry while traveling

REGISTER YOUR SERVICE DOG

Create your registration today and order your personalized Service Dog ID Card.

[START YOUR SERVICE DOG REGISTRATION]

Amtrak Service Dog Travel Tips

Before traveling:

✓ Register your service dog and keep your information organized

✓ Consider carrying your personalized Service Dog ID Card

✓ Make sure your dog is properly trained and under control

✓ Be prepared to explain what task or function your dog has been trained to perform

✓ Bring any relevant health or vaccination information

✓ Plan bathroom breaks during appropriate station stops

✓ Notify the conductor if you plan to walk your dog during a scheduled stop

✓ Contact Amtrak in advance if you need an accessibility accommodation

Amtrak encourages passengers to make accessibility requests as far in advance as possible. For certain requests, Amtrak asks that requests be made no later than 72 hours before departure.

Amtrak Service Dog Identification

A Service Dog ID Card is not required by Amtrak simply because you are traveling with a service dog.

However, carrying identification can be a convenient way to have your dog’s information readily available.

Our cards are designed to be:

• Durable
• Wallet-sized
• Personalized
• Easy to carry
• Convenient for travel

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