Taxi in England

Fast Google search doesn't reveal anything.

Does there exist a UK slang for a taxi?

I' ve just been hearing about my father and it seems Hackney was the word I was looking for. The Hackney is a district in the east of London that was famous for the production of coaches a few hundred years ago. Originally bred by a horsedrawn predecessor of today's taxis, it was known as the Hackney Carriage.

One of the best known taxis is still the Hackney Carriage. The Hackney Carriage = Hackney Cab = (Black) Cab, as we actually call it.

Take a taxi through London

You can greet them on the road and they are generally very sincere and knowledgeable: they know exactly where they are going, although they can pronounce the back legs of a mule. As well as the city' s skyline, the London driver's cabin in blue is part of the London townscape, as is the car's biplane coach in blue.

Registered taxi driver have the "knowledge" they have gained after thorough schooling and a range of test. They' re said to know 25,000 roads within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross/Trafalgar Sq and the 100 most popular places of the day, among them bars and cafes. Cabins can be rented when the amber shield above the windshield is illuminated; just hold your arms out to indicate one.

They can tip taxi riders up to 10%, but most Londoners just round up to the next lb. Add-ons like mystaxi (https://uk.mytaxi.com) use the device's built-in built-in GPS to find the next one. At ComCab, we operate one of the biggest fleet of taxi cars in the city. Mini labs that are licenced are (usually) less expensive rivals of taxis.

In contrast to taxis, mini kabs cannot be welcomed lawfully on the streets; they must be rented by telephone or directly at one of the mini kab locations (every main road has at least one and most night owls work with a mini kab company to ensure that the night owls get home safely). Don't take unrequested bids from people who claim to be mini cab riders - they're just types with automobiles.

Mini cabs have no counters; there is usually a fares fixed by the dispatchers. Every Londoner has the number of at least one business; your hotelier or hotelier can suggest a serious mini-cab business in the area. You can also call a major 24-hour carrier like Addison Lee. Uber or Kabbee allow you to make a mini cab booking in no more than a few minutes and help you saving your precious cash.