London Taxis: Get a Good Fare Going to the Airport

London Taxis; use our website CompareACab.com to compare prices of London Taxis when travelling from London to Heathrow Airport, Gatwick Airport, London City Airport, Luton Airport and Stansted Airport. In fact you can use the site for any Journey by London Taxis going to any major UK airport or docks. Our easy to use website takes all the stress out of finding London Taxis when going to the airport; there is no need to register and each search gives an immediate comparison of fares and full contact details of listed London Taxi operators available.

London Taxis or Hackney Carriages have been around for some time;the name ‘hackney’ as used in hackney coaches and hackney cabs is derived from the Norman French word ‘Hacquenée’, meaning a horse for hire. The first record of hackney coaches for hire in London was in 1588; by the 1760s, there were over a thousand ‘hackney hell carts’ thronging the streets of London. In 1823 the most popular 'London Taxis' were a two-seat, two-wheeled carriage called a cabriolet; being very popular due to its speed and comfort; it was from these that the word ‘cab’came. From the mid19th century two types of 'London Taxis' or cab came to the fore, the two-wheeled hansom, a fast and elegant carriage; and the ponderous four-wheeled ‘growler’with its superior luggage carrying ability was found mainly at railway stations. Some horse cabs or 'London Taxis' continued to ply for hire into the 1930s but most had gone by 1914. London Taxis changed to being all motorised when London’s very last horse cab licence was surrendered on the 3rd April 1947. 

The laws governing London Taxis plying for trade go back nearly four hundred years; being controlled by various bodies until now; all London Taxis are controlled by the PCO of TFL( Public Carriage Office of Transport for London). All London Taxi driver's licences are issued for three years and it is compulsory for all London Taxi drivers to wear their metal licence number badge today.  Every licensed London Taxi operator has to display a white plastic licence plate on the boot of  their London Taxi showing the licence number and the number of passengers they can carry. London Taxis have had taximeters fitted since 1907; the use of meters is what turned London Taxis or cabs into taxicabs. The taximeters calculate the time and distance taken for a London Taxi journey and being updated all the time they show the current fare throughout the journey. 

Listed below are a selection of London Taxis and Private Hire Operators specialising in London Airport Transfers: -

• West End Car Services
• Cars Connect
• Central London Private Hire
• Simpsons
• Joeys Taxis
• First Class Transporters
• Prestige Chauffeur Line
• Great Car Service
• The London Cab Company Limited

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