Tips for Traveling on Amtrak Trains with a Portable Oxygen Concentrator

Tips for Traveling on Amtrak Trains with a Portable Oxygen Concentrator

If you’re planning to travel cross country on a comfortable and affordable Amtrak train, your supplemental oxygen doesn’t have to hold you back. With the right portable oxygen concentrator (POC) and a little planning, you’ll travel with ease on Amtrak. POCs make travel easy and keep you safe. Like airplanes and cruise ships, Amtrak allows you to bring your POC as long as you meet their requirements.

Planning earlier than later will help you avoid any last-minute issues with your trip, so try to prepare as soon as possible.

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Planes, Trains and Automobiles: Travel with Confidence on Oxygen

If you used an oxygen concentrator 10 years ago, you know how big and heavy they used to be. Thank goodness times have changed. Today’s portable models are so small and light that now you can travel anywhere! 

Airplane travel

The Federal Aviation Administration, or FAA, has ruled that all passengers who require oxygen must be allowed to bring FAA-approved portable oxygen concentrators on all U.S. aircraft with more than 19 seats. Foreign airlines must also allow portable oxygen concentrators on all flights to and from U.S soil.

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