Here is a look at guidelines about children's travel. No transfers are allowed, between trains or from a train to a bus. The station at the start of the trip must be staffed at boarding, as must the destination station. The person taking the child to the depot must complete a document giving Amtrak permission to transport the child. The agent must talk with the child to verify who is meeting him or her.
Children traveling alone pay the full adult fare.
Greyhound George Gravley, a spokesman for Greyhound, said that the line does not handle many children traveling alone. Children must not change buses. The child may board and leave the bus only at Greyhound terminals or at full-time agencies, which must be open at arrival. The child sits in Row 1 or 2 and must receive the driver's approval to get off at a rest stop. The Air Transport Association has no count of how many children travel unescorted yearly.