On 22 Nov, 13:03, Mr Thant
wrote:

On 22 Nov, 11:56, (Neil Williams)
wrote:

It's worth noting that Singapore does have "taxi stops" of this
nature, though.

I'm sure I've seen somewhere in London like this, possibly near
Blackfriars, where taxis are banned from stopping and passengers are
directed to a nearby rank.


There are three stretches of road in London where taxis cannot pick-up
or set-down passengers - these are shown on the road with a thick red
line. See this PCO notice...
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/assets/downloa...ners/44_06.pdf

....and in particular this bit on the second page...

quote
London taxis can stop to pick up or set down passengers on most
stretches of Red Route. The exceptions are three stretches of road
with particularly busy bus stops or other problems:
• Wilton Road alongside Victoria Station;
• Euston Road eastbound in front of Kings Cross Station;
• Bishopsgate northbound between the junctions with Liverpool Street
and Middlesex Street.
There are plans to mark these stretches with a broad red line by the
kerb, in place of the normal single or double red lines.
/quote


There are taxi ranks nearby these locations and they might be
signposted with TfL's Bus Stop-esque Taxi rank totem pole sign...
http://www.tfl.gov.uk/resources/corp...-rank-sign.jpg