London - Late Evening Tube Ride or Taxi?
Dec 6, 2016, 2:19 pm
#1
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London - Late Evening Tube Ride or Taxi?
If a single woman needs to get from a location near the Bond Street station to an area near the Gloucester Road station on a late Friday evening (>10 pm), would you recommend she use the Tube or take a taxi? Not a cost issue, more a safety concern.
Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide.
Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide.
Dec 6, 2016, 2:45 pm
#2
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Safety is absolutely fine on tube. You'll encounter lots of drunk people but it will be well populated (busy) and nothing to be concerned about.
The only question mark would be if you have a long walk through quiet streets to get to your place from Gloucester Road station, but it's a pretty safe area.
That said Ubers are extrmely good value if not surge pricing, but traffic can be pretty slow at that time in central London.
The only question mark would be if you have a long walk through quiet streets to get to your place from Gloucester Road station, but it's a pretty safe area.
That said Ubers are extrmely good value if not surge pricing, but traffic can be pretty slow at that time in central London.
Dec 6, 2016, 2:51 pm
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If a single woman needs to get from a location near the Bond Street station to an area near the Gloucester Road station on a late Friday evening (>10 pm), would you recommend she use the Tube or take a taxi? Not a cost issue, more a safety concern.
Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide.
Thanks for any assistance you may be able to provide.
Said lady may also wish to consider the route 74 bus, which also makes this journey direct (the Tube requires a change, though it isn't difficult). No worries about using the bus either.
Dec 6, 2016, 3:09 pm
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Dec 6, 2016, 3:12 pm
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To be fair, proper London taxi drivers - as opposed to minicab drivers (which is the category Uber falls into in the UK) - are subject to more stringent statutory checks.
That said, I wouldn't have any great safety issues with Uber drivers here, and of course the Uber system comprehensively record what driver took which Uber customer where and when.
Dec 8, 2016, 5:53 am
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Don't say that in front of a London taxi driver!
To be fair, proper London taxi drivers - as opposed to minicab drivers (which is the category Uber falls into in the UK) - are subject to more stringent statutory checks.
That said, I wouldn't have any great safety issues with Uber drivers here, and of course the Uber system comprehensively record what driver took which Uber customer where and when.
To be fair, proper London taxi drivers - as opposed to minicab drivers (which is the category Uber falls into in the UK) - are subject to more stringent statutory checks.
That said, I wouldn't have any great safety issues with Uber drivers here, and of course the Uber system comprehensively record what driver took which Uber customer where and when.
Dec 11, 2016, 10:29 am
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anyone applying has to go through the same regulaton/checks as regular taxis (TfL for london, TLC for nyc)
for other cities/countries, this is not the case
Dec 12, 2016, 10:33 am
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I am a great fan of Uber in London, but I wouldn't dream of claiming that they are comparable to proper taxi drivers - it's Vauxhall league (quite literally sometimes) compared to Premier League.