Transport for LondonTaxi sharing
London Taxi Sharing Scheme Order 2005
Sometimes passengers have a common destination and taxi sharing is of benefit:
- Passengers pay lower fares for door-to-door journeys than they would if travelling alone
- If there is a long queue of passengers or a local shortage of taxis, passenger waiting times will be reduced
These arrangements not only benefit customers, but the trade and local communities too:
- Drivers get more revenue for each trip than they normally would
- There are fewer taxi trips overall, resulting in less noise, disruption, traffic congestion and pollution
Fixed-fare taxi sharing operates as follows:
- Regular weekday morning services from Paddington to central London and other important destinations
- Services between the All England Lawn Tennis Club and Wimbledon and Southfields Tube stations during the Wimbledon tennis tournament
- From Buckingham Palace at the end of royal garden parties to destinations around central London
