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Basil Jet[_3_] · April 2nd 13, 06:52 AM posted to uk.transport.london

On 2013\04\01 17:19, wrote:
In article , (Roland Perry)
wrote:

In message
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at 10:28:42 on Mon, 1 Apr 2013, Recliner
remarked:
They also don't have the right to use the bus lanes, whereas black
cabs do.

True. Do black cabs have to pay the cc?

TfL: "You are also exempt if your vehicle is a London licensed minicab
or taxi (licensed with TfL Taxi and Private Hire)."

I think my local (suburban) minicabs do have to pay the cc, even though
they're TfL licensed, so I wonder which minicabs are exempt? Perhaps they
have to be based in central London?

The TfL site does not give the impression there's any such
discrimination (assuming they are both registered with TTPH).

Strange. There are different sorts of taxi licences at least.

No. London has 10 different taxi driver licences available for new taxi
drivers giving entitlement to work in different areas because they have
done different knowledges, but there is only one type of London taxi
license available for taxi vehicles, and it is the latter which is
registered as exempt from the CC.