What is a Taxi Rank
What's a taxi stand?taxi-cab.) (American) cabin) a car, usually equipped with a taximeter, which can be rented with its driver, especially for short trips: from the hotel to the station. Taxi rank is a place where taxis wait for passengers, e.g. at an airport or in front of a train station. The SECURE TAXI RANKS work NSW-wide to create a safe environment for passengers and drivers.
Taxis - Doncaster Council
Which is a taxi stand and where are they at? You can call (mark) Hackney Carriages (taxis) directly from the road or rent them from taxi locations. In the city center there are a number of taxi stands (click on the name of the road to open the multimap); St. Sepulchre Gate (Opens a new window) - Full-time rank with room for 11 cabs.
High-street. Full-time rank. Ost Laithe Gate (Opens a new window) - Full-time rank with room for 6 cabs. The Cleveland Street (Opens a new window) - Used between 23:00 - 06:00 with room for 2 cabs. Hall Gate (Opens a new window) - Used between 23:00 - 06:00.
duke street (opens a new window) - Used between 23:00 - 06:00 and accommodates 19 cabs. S Silver Street (Opens a new window) - Used between 23:00 - 06:00. Marketplace (opens a new window) - Used between 18.00 - 08.00 hours with room for 2 cabs. The Leger Way (opens a new window) (outside the Doncaster racetrack near the grandstand) - Used only on racing day, seats 25 cabs.
Privately rented vehicles cannot be "marked" or rented from a taxi rank, they must be legally prebooked. You will find the location of the inner city rankings in the PDF file "Taxi rankings":
Safe taxi locations in NSW
SECOURE TAXI DRANKS secoure taxi dranks work across NSW to create a safer enviroment for passenger and driver. Safety forces support the deployment in these states. As a rule, taxi stands work on Friday and Saturday evenings at highly frequented places throughout NSW. Chauffeurs have the opportunity to ask you to prepay your taxi fares Friday and Saturday evenings at the taxi safety resorts at Sydney CBD, Kings Cross and Surry Hills.
Safety officers in the safe stands will help you appreciate your ticket price. When you have a request for safe taxi stands, please call the Taxi Complaints Hotline at 1800 648 478.