How To Ride Amtrak in a Wheelchair

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Chanelle Houston has a spinal cord injury (T6 Paraplegia). Here she shows some tips and techniques to travel using Amtrak. Learn her tips as she navigates her way around the train and station.

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28 янв 2013

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@ckinard2 4 года назад

Finally a real video that is informative about traveling on Amtrak with wheels thank you so much for making this video.

@rhismith5710 5 лет назад

Thank you for this, I was panicking about getting Amtrak for the first time in my chair- you've put my mind at ease.x

@elchicopoematico2157 5 лет назад

God bless to the people who help

@w5pda 11 лет назад

When I rode Amtrak for the first time last year, I had a pneumatic ortho boot on, and without even asking, the ticket agent booked me in the same part of the car you were in :-)

@dalbirsinghbains6936 2 года назад

Thank you this video sister miss you

@SimbaSteel 9 лет назад

I am c5 quadriplegic..Thank you very much..great job. Simba from Italy..

@rickwells7184 3 месяца назад

Thanks for your help this video answered my question looks like the wheelchair Fits the hallway ok 👍

@someonegood111 9 лет назад

Thank you very much

@ChristopherCollinsworth 9 лет назад

very helpful.

@trainmanj 9 лет назад

They are much more challenging when using a power chair, but it is still doable.

@tbusman1 5 лет назад

What about double decker trains?

@teresalee775 5 лет назад

Bathroom and dining car transfers?

@tbusman1 6 лет назад

I have a t12. My question is what about when the platform is not at the door level of the train car? Because not every train platform is show in the video is the same. How about double decker cars how does one in a wheelchair use them?

@res08hao 5 лет назад

Joseph Paul Ritter you stay on the bottom

@djlawlz4041 5 лет назад

In terms of when the platform isn’t level, they have a machine that you roll onto and it will lift you up to the train and then you’ll roll across a small metal bridge to get into the train. In terms of double deckers, they usually have a handicap bathroom and seating where the door is before the set of stairs to go up or down.

@TheRivrPrncess 7 лет назад

You can keep your wheelchair with you? That's good as I'm more comfortable having it where I can get it when I need it. On their website, it said if you transferred to a seat, the wheelchair had to be stowed away and someone would get it when you needed it.

@djlawlz4041 5 лет назад

If there’s no other passenger who reserves the handicapped seating area, you can keep your chair with you. However if someone does reserve it and you do too, your chair has to be stowed away if you decide to get off of it.

@voiceofshajik3840 4 года назад

Hi!! My friend!

@pacorabane2733 4 года назад

I don't understand why deslike?

@emeraldkimble7602 Год назад

Preboard I got allowed

@jamieread9609 9 лет назад

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@cajf1970 6 лет назад

And getting off ?

@djlawlz4041 5 лет назад

It’s the same as getting on.

@robertmartin4646 6 лет назад

HMM, seems easy enough, but why a ticket for the wheelchair? Does that mean I have to get a ticket for my walker? I'm confused. What your saying here, is not matching with AMTRAK. They gave me a total different story.

@djlawlz4041 5 лет назад

The ticket is just to prove that it is supposed to be there with you because otherwise your reserved seating can be given away if there’s no ticket showing you reserved it.

@RainheartIsobel 7 лет назад

damn pretty good transportation. i wish theres a train in my place but living in a shithole like PI is no chance at all.

@longbeachlt 11 лет назад

Like!

@NoddyMaccy 10 лет назад

A ticket for a wheelchair?! That's hilarious!

@NoddyMaccy 9 лет назад

Jay Marking I see.

@Leonard_Wilson 7 лет назад

Amtrak is known for price gouging

@robertmartin4646 6 лет назад

AH HA! So that's how it works! Thanks Jay... Now I have no worries about that. Thanks for the info! I have a walker and a wheelchair, but use my walker on good days.

@ChrisPage68 10 лет назад

Why should you have another ticket for your chair? I just hope you don't have to pay extra, because that is discriminatory. If I use a train to go the short hop to London, I stay in my chair. And you have to phone ahead to make sure the assistance is there - a week in advance.

@teresalee775 5 лет назад

I was wondering if bathroom breaks and meals are a problem when going cross country. How is it when transferring to the toilet on the train?

@djlawlz4041 5 лет назад

When you use your wheelchair on Amtrak you don’t have to pay for the actual wheelchair. The ticket is just to prove that it is supposed to be there with you because otherwise your reserved seating can be given away if there’s no ticket showing you reserved it.