Are you going to town this bridge? Travel by train with your dog

Tomorrow is August 15, a national holiday in our country and a date marked in the calendar for hundreds of localities and municipalities in the country, which also celebrate their patronal holidays.Certainly you want to take advantage of these days to make a escape and escape from the angry heat of the city.A good place?The people!You will enjoy walks in the forest, baths in the lake, verbenas... and many, many meals from your grandmother.

Why go alone if you can go with your dog, your faithful companion?It is time for the little one to leave the asphalt for a few days and know that family oasis.Get excited and do as many of us: enjoy a trip with your dog these days... but how do you go to the village?Although travel with your dog by car it’s a great adventure, you can avoid the big blocks that will be formed on the road these days traveling by train.A great opportunity to enjoy not only the destination, but also the journey itself!

If you travel to Renfe, the main railway operator in Spain, you must know certain restrictions that will affect your pet if you travel through the national territory.For this reason, we put you up on what is the regulation that follows Renfe to be able to travel with dogs, what sizes are permitted and when you will have or not to pay your ticket, among other conditions.

A dog per traveler

The first thing you need to know before organizing a train trip with your dog is that only a maximum of one animal per traveler is admitted.If this is your case, your hair companion should be located in a discreet place, preferably at your feet, and in such a way that interferes as little as possible with the rest of the customers.Remember that your pet should always be subject to you.

Less than 10 kg

According to Renfe regulations, if you travel on AVE, Long Distance, Avant and Conventional Medium Distance you will be able to do so accompanied by your dog as long as this does not exceed 10 kilograms of weight.In addition, the hair must always go within a cage, transportin or other type of closed support whose measures are 60 x 35 x 35 of centimeters.The apparatus must also have a device to contain and remove waste.

Tickets and no place

In certain cases, you will be obliged to purchase a ticket for your dog when you want him to travel with you by train, but he will not be able to occupy any of the seats in the wagon.These are the concrete cases:

In Close and Feve, Without Tickets

In the nearby and Feve services dogs can travel without a ticket and without occupying square, but always fulfilling certain conditions.Your hair must travel on a carrier or, if not, be provided with bozzle and be bound with a non-extensible chain or correlation and with a length that does not exceed 1.5 meters.Be always pending of your hair so that it remains subject to you at all times.

Guide and Assistance Dogs

Guiding and assisting dogs can travel for free accompanying their owners, as long as the animal is properly identified.Also educators and socialization agents have the same access rights as previous users when accompanied by dogs during their training.They must also be properly identified.

General rules for travelling by train

In addition to the most specific regulations, there is also a general, with basic norms of coexistence, which you will have to follow whenever you travel to Renfe with your hairy friend and which you have to take into account before organizing your escape:

• Renfe reserves the right to limit the transport of pet animals.
• Dogs and other animals will be tolerated for their transport as long as the rest of customers do not oppose or cause discomfort to them.
• The animal must always be under control of its owners at all stages of the journey.
• If the above points are not met, the staff will look for the most favourable alternative to be able to continue the trip elsewhere on the train and if it is not possible, the customer will be offered the possibility of travel on another train or the return of the amount of his ticket.
• Your dog must comply with the basic hygiene and safety conditions and have the documentation in accordance with current legislation.
• You must always present the tickets in the indicated cases and the corresponding documentation for your dog, and keep them until the completion of the trip.

Now you only have the mission to choose a destination to pass this summer bridge enjoying the company of your hair.But if you have still doubts, you can always consult all the regulations on how to travel with your dog on the train on the web of By Renfe.