Busiest taxi rank in Reading revealed as limit set on cabs

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Busiest taxi rank in Reading revealed as limit set on cabs allowed in town


Black cab drivers queuing at a taxi rank at Reading train station. Credit: James Aldridge, Local Democracy Reporting Service

The busiest taxi rank in Reading has been revealed as more than a million journeys are made each year.

Unsurprisingly, the horseshoe taxi rank directly south of the train station accounts for 11,628 journeys per week, which is 52 per cent of the total.

The taxi rank in Station Hill to the west accounted for 2,948 of weekly journeys (13 per cent), with 2,582 (12 per cent) of journeys being made from the rank at the north exit of the station.

These three station taxi ranks together account for 77 per cent of the cab trade.

There were 583 passengers (three per cent) going from the taxi rank at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, and 460 (two per cent) going from Station Road.

Remarkably, approximately 2.73 million taxi journeys are made annually in Reading, with 1.17 million journeys being made from taxi ranks.

Figures show that 210,000 passengers use cabs, 368,200 hirings are made through apps and 982,000 passengers call to book a private

hire taxis journey.








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