Couple stopped from taking pet hen on train

Couple stopped from taking pet hen on train

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It’s common to bring dogs and cats on trains, but what about pet chickens? One couple from Keelung brought their pet hen on the train with them to Ruifang, but when they were preparing to board their return train, staff said that chickens are not allowed on passenger trains. What exactly are Taiwan Railways’ regulations regarding pets?

A brown hen rests calmly in its owner’s arms. But when the owner tried to board a train with the chicken in its cage, they were stopped by staff.

Hen owner
Vexed
We go all around, from Taipei to Yingge, taking Tze-Chiang Express trains, and we always use a pet carrier as required by Taiwan Railway. We had no issues at Qidu or Ruifang stations, but when we went to buy some chicken feed and came back to catch the train, station staff came over and asked if we meant to take the train. I said yes, and he looked inside the carrier and said because it’s a chicken, we can’t take the train. We have to find another way.

This couple wanted to take their pet hen of over two years on the train from Ruifang to Qidu, when they were told that chickens aren’t allowed on board. But they’ve taken the hen with them on trains before and never had an issue. The husband is disabled and uses an electric wheelchair, so he relies on his wife to help him. The couple waited at the station for over two hours, but couldn’t find a solution.

Hen owner
Vexed
We didn’t know. If we knew, then we wouldn’t have taken her in the first place. We never had an issue at any other stations, but this time when we came back to my hometown, we encountered this problem. It’s kind of ridiculous. Afterwards they just left us here. Now it’s been over two hours, and they still haven’t found a solution.

In the end, railway police took the wife and hen back to Qidu, while station staff helped her husband take the train back.

According to Taiwan Railway regulations, pet cats, dogs, and birds can be taken onboard as long as they are completely inside a carrier of appropriate size. But chickens, ducks, and geese are considered commercial animals and must be transported as cargo.

Chiang Yi-cheng
Railway police officer
Police received a report and went to the station, where staff explained that chickens can only be transported as cargo.

Even though Taiwan Railway has clear regulations, the couple never had an issue taking their hen on board over the past two years. It wasn’t until this time that they learned chickens can’t travel with passengers, revealing gaps in enforcement.

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"寵物雞"搭火車遭拒台鐵:經濟動物需走託運通道

2026-07-03

帶著寵物貓、狗搭火車很常見，但如果是寵物雞呢？基隆一對夫妻，帶著飼養兩年多的寵物母雞，搭台鐵到瑞芳遊玩，沒想到返程進站時，卻被站務人員攔下，理由是活體雞隻不能隨旅客搭車。究竟台鐵規定怎麼寫，一起帶您來看。

一身棕黃色羽毛，安靜縮在飼主懷裡，看起來相當可愛，不過就是這隻寵物雞，跟著主人搭台鐵出遊，卻在車站入口，被站務人員攔了下來。

[[飼主]]
“我們到處跑，台北、鶯歌到處去跑，包括搭自強號，我們都用台鐵規定的寵物箱。我們剛來也是七堵站，跟瑞芳站沒事，然後我們去買完飼料，回來要搭車的時候，站務的人就過來問我說，你要搭車嗎？我說對，他就看裡面說裡面的是雞，不能搭，你們自己要另外搭車。”

這對陳姓夫妻，周一上午帶著飼養兩年多的寵物雞，從瑞芳搭火車要到七堵，準備進站時，卻被告知雞不能上車。不過夫妻倆帶著這隻雞，多次搭乘台鐵，第一次遇到這種狀況，相當不解。而且先生是身障人士，平時搭乘電動輪椅，得由太太陪同照顧，夫妻倆一度在車站苦等兩個多小時，始終找不到解決方式。

[[飼主]]
“我們也不知道，知道早就第一次就不會帶出門了。我們到每一個站都沒有這個狀況，是第一次回來這個我的故鄉，碰到這個狀況，我們覺得有點誇張。事後他們就把我們晾在這裡，所以到現在應該有兩個小時了，都沒有解決問題。”

事後鐵路警察先送妻子和寵物雞回七堵，再派員陪先生搭火車回七堵，實在大費周章！

根據台鐵規定，一般常見的貓狗，寵物鳥類，裝進規定大小的籠子或袋內就可以帶上車。而雞鴨鵝，不管是不是當作寵物飼養，都屬於經濟動物，一律禁止帶上車，需要走託運通道。

[[鐵路警察局瑞芳派出所所長姜義政]]
“員警獲報到場，經站務員勸導，並說明活體雞隻可透過託運方式運送。”

雖然台鐵有明確規定，但過往兩年，這對夫妻都是這樣帶著寵物雞搭火車四處旅行，從未有人攔阻，直到這回才知道，原來寵物雞不能跟著主人一起搭上列車，顯見台鐵把關存在疏漏。

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