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Also worth a mention is the costs as well (if you didn't mention them, I'm 5 minutes in) It looks like your taxi journey cost £22-23 on that first occasion, while you can spend an entire day on the Tube travelling across London for a maximum of like £16
massive and thats the reason Taxi's exist. Because rich people want to be driven to their destination without having to mix with the peasant classes. Taxi's aren't for common people, thats why the journeys are all from swanky hotels to luxury shops and luxury shops to high class dining. Aside from late at night, I don't think anyone would get a taxi unless they were rich.
@@bengoacher4455I get black cabs all the time and I'm far from rich. I get them for ease of use, the comfort. Trust me, going from kings cross to Waterloo station with a misses and two kids plus bags, it's the easiest decision in the world to get a black taxi
@@bengoacher4455Who would wanna mess with the fleabags and people who don’t know what soap and deodorant is? Don’t blame anyone that drives or uses taxis. Some people have standards. Simple as.
@danielgould9107 that's part of the human experience. Living in an isolated bubble makes you cut off from the world around you and leaves you insulated from the realities of modern Britain. We are a society and it's part of being human that you see the good with the bad.
@@bengoacher4455 hmm yes. Such an amazing experience that. Thats basically like saying you’d sooner spend an evening in hostel dormitory than your own en-suite room at the ritz. But hey. We all have different standards expected of life.
Just look at that meter! A Zone 1 - Zone 1 single is £2.70 for an Adult off Peak, I can't imagine paying £15 to save (or more likely lose) several minutes. Add to that the fact that I wouldn't get to ride the tube (I like the tube) Also, note about air con, the Subsurface lines (Met, H&C, Circle and District) have air con, as well as the Overground, Elizabeth line (not part of the tube), trams and many national rail services.
The Piccadilly line is getting air con from 2025, then Bakerloo and Central tbd. The tunnel temperature isn't that closely tied to weather though: it varies around 20-27 C while the seasonal average is 8-23 C. Which is pretty hot, especially at peak times when you add thousands of people, but it's the heat absorbed from 100 years of trains, moreso than whether it's sunny that day
Your comment on the tube pulling in when arriving, is fairly common in central london, i regularly get it from canary wharf and it happens all the time
1:55 as a coach driver, Kingsway is one of the few coach parks in london, and with the ammount of us go there, it can be tricky actually parking up, to the point especially those who travel from far away and are reaching their driving hours. We just have to take whatever is available and make the most out of the space provided
In Hong Kong, however: I was taught from a young age to never bother to take the underground from Yau Ma Tei Station to Sham Shui Po Station, a section of Tsuen Wan Line in MTR. Even within this section: Just walk overground from Mong Kok Station to Prince Edward Station due to its short distance from station to station. It's even quicker than getting there on a moped, and that's even disregarding that the train tops out at 80 kph. Reason isn't just for exercise and to save money, but it's the same reason I avoid the shortcut on motorway to get home: Because I have more points to navigate overground. Case in point: Street View pictures of Google Maps don't update as frequently. I look at the Goodge St Station along Tottenham Ct Rd in Street View, the first picture is from 2022, but as you head towards Chenies St, the picture time-warped to 2008!
I think this challenge as stated would be a great collab with Geoff Marshall however doing this would be great also including journeys with a train swap as a Taxi does hold the best options as being direct & no changes required! - a great video Tom!
I think for the car travel, you shouldve taken a set number of trips from Point A to Point B, then divide that to get an average time. Would be a fair comparison given The Tube has set times for trains.
The car is flexible in the routing but heavily affected by the environment. The tube is rigid with is routes but less affected. Exceptional cases like broken train or events that block a series of roads can definitely alter the results.
To be honest I'm not at all surprised the tube wins! Even with the walking and the waiting, having a direct path with little to no obstructions is a massive advantage. The taxi could easily be much faster depending on the conditions, but that really can change by the minute. I feel like for an individual or couple of people, the tube will most always be faster and cheaper, and for those people the taxi is a nice luxury if you really don't want to walk or wait around. For bigger groups or disabled people the taxi makes perfect sense over the tube! No doubt there's a place for both to me even if it looks good for the tube here (and I generally prefer it myself).
It'd be interesting to pick some random locations in zone 1/2 and see how taxi compares to Tube. Or maybe not completely random but choosing from some selection of shops, restaurants or other points of interest.
I don't live in London, but in Stockholm, Sweden. For me the biggest plus with train and busses is that you know the cost. You just buy a card for the equivalent of 75 pound each month and you can travel all of Stockholm. And you don't have to think anymore about the cost that month. It's nice just travel and not thnik. What is the price for an equivalent card in London? The best thing with a Taxi is the experience and the service for me. I like just sitting in the taxi and chat and looking at the scenery.
the equivalent pass is the travelcard. this is £164 a month for zones 1-2 but a lot of people get discounts. i, for one, get half price. a lot of people just pay-as-you-go, though. it's easier and cheaper.
In London it’s fairly pricier and depends on how far you need to go. A central London only travelcard costs £164 a month and increases gradually up to £427.40 if you want to cover the entire tube map. People buy the pass needed for their journey though so it wouldn’t reach that (unless you live in the outskirts of London).
These results don’t surprise me at all. Speed is not one of the reasons I choose a taxi over the underground. Unless there are delays, then it’s likely to be faster. Yes there can be delays, but there can also be delays by taxi. The reasons I choose a taxi are convenience and comfort as an individual traveller - both of which are unmatched when compared to the tube. Add into that if you’re travelling as a group- then it makes even more sense!
Superb & honest video again Tom. Many disable people as well as family with lotts of shopping & pushchair find it horrible to be on tube & train. Lovely content. Keep them coming.... 👍
I really respect your honesty here Tom! A lot of people would have fudged this video. And we've all been stuck on the tube in the middle af a large family of tourists talking across you at full volume, thinking "why didn't you lot just get a bloody taxi?"
@@the_jon_with_no_h taxis usually seat up to 5, and this video proves it's slower (and doesn't talk about cost very much, but looks at the meter, it costs upwards of 7 to 12 times as much!) The Elizabeth Line journey would have cost him £1.70, for an hour long taxi journey, it would be maddeningly expensive.
I frequently do the equivalent to the Oxford Street tube trip a lot in Hamburg when I've got time to kill. Walk all the way down the main shopping street, then go back via the underground. At my slightly rude walking speed, that's almost exactly 20 minutes.
Another dark ages story , you won't believe this but it's absolutely true. Bank of England to Terminal 2 in less than 30 mins. Paddington to Liverpool st , Park lane, through the park , Vic embankment 20 mins no probs. How was that possible, 30 mph plus, less traffic. I really feel for you guys these days.
The coach park on the Kingsway is also something that I, as a lifelong Londoner and commuter to this part of London, also do not understand at all! I expect it might just be that coaches need somewhere to park and Kingsway is somewhat central?!
I think the tube is almost always quicker in the day, as an able-bodied person without much to carry, but maybe if you tried to do this with a disability, or lots of luggage, or early in the morning when the tube hasn't started or isn't as frequent, there might be more of an objective case for taxis.
Regarding Kingsway coach parking. During the week coaches can only park off peak. I e up to 4 pm and after 7 pm. Coach parking in London is at a premium . The Kingsway is used for Covent garden during the day and the West end theatres at night. It is also ridiculously expensive. Until that useless included of a major gets his finger out of his arse and stops closing coach parking ( park lane and the embankment reduced the bays). Then London streets will continue to get blocked with illegally parked coaches and other vehicles.
Did Euston Station to Imperial College today, took a taxi as always gonna beat the tube for time once the change and walk from south ken is factored in. Was 30 knicker though with tip, which is 10x the price of the tube. If I wasn't disabled and South Kensington was more accessible, not sure i would be able to justify the cost to save a quarter of an hour, tops
Tom, great video. I mean, as train lines go, the Liz Line is gold standard so you’ll never beat it on speed. However, as you say, it’s not always A to B, so taxis will always be here. Like you say, suitcases, hot weather, multiple people - taxi wins on convenience. And I love seeing a London from a taxi (or a bus 😮).
You're not being very fair to yourself, comparing the taxi times to the savvy Londoner with an Oyster Card and ready to go/knowing where to go using the tube. Would be great to see how a random tourist family does, after having to figure out buying a ticket, and then finding the platforms/figuring out the route. Thinking tourists are probably your biggest clientelle?👍
For me it all depends on what the journey is for. If on my own and just travelling through to somewhere, generally use the tube. Simple no change journeys where I know the traffic will kill the road jounry, tube. But, if I have luggage, if in the middle of summer and oppressively hot, if going somewhere nice (say for a meal) and want no fuss non sweaty journey, or no stress late night journeys, I will choose cab.
Hi Tom, back in the dark ages when I was cabbing, they did a similar TV programme, it was a race from Kings X to Barnet between a taxi, a motorcycle, a cyclist, and someone using the Tube. The cyclist won , Taxi came second. I thought the motor bike would win but I reckoned the cyclist jumped lights. No sat navs then, they had to work out their own routes.
Your just entertaining Tom. I’m not a black cab not a taxi driver or would I ever be. But I love your videos and look forward to it every Saturday. Tho I’m watching it on Sunday today coz I was busy on Saturday but your my weekend dose.
A few minutes doesn’t make much difference. The tube is hot, sweaty, overcrowded, no ac, likely not to get a seat, Dirty, full of undesirables. Especially at night. Taxi or driving your own is worth the only sometimes extra time. In the evening however, the tube doesn’t stand a chance on time.
I think you kind of cheated a little bit. Wasn't your original premise "terminal to terminal"? You should have timed leaving the national rail fare gates on one end to entering them at the other end. Not in your taxi in front of the building. That would have been a fairer comparison. Having said this, I do agree that sometimes taking a taxi is totally worth it. More convenience, not having to schlepp my luggage, aircon, door-to-door, a general feeling of luxury, you name it. Many reasons to take a taxi if you can afford it.
hi, not sure which is faster but when I was visiting the UK and London from the USA last year it was cheaper by taxi then the tude for my family, me my wife and two daughters. I only found out because though I was born in London I had never been in a taxi and wanted to take one. So we took one from Harrods to our hotel near the London eye. Going there there by tub was 20 pounds, going back well under that, with a tip.
i beg you to never, ever edit your video to have fake train sounds in 😭 please it sounds stupid! You put the central line train on screen while useing the northern line with Jubilee train sounds!! I know that the Jubilee 1996 stock looks the same as northern 1995 stock but they don't have the same motors!!!
get why you would obviously want to favour the taxi. But ‘most people’ after a long day get the tube lol & the central generally comes every few minutes so highly likely it might be pulling up when you get to the platform. And should be more organic by getting a random taxi not driving your own. I would guess time goes up by a few more minutes
I am 'able bodied' but recently had the pleasure of dragging luggage from Heathrow tube to Victoria when there was part suspensions requiring changing lines etc. I had to walk far between multiple different elevators within each tube station and also against the flow of pedestrian traffic due to location of the lifts. It's not fast for anyone who must use the lifts. For this reason, a taxi is probably faster and less exhausting
I would also love to see a Geoff M collab too... but reckon another test run is to arrive in a terminal like KX or Paddington then get taxi/tube to some random office or attraction mid city. I reckon the Taxi might win more in those situations... keep em coming.
Hey Tom I and my husband are in london and he is watching your videos at the hotel right now. We are leaving tomorrow so do need a taxi and was wondering if you where free? Need to go from Finsbury Square to Victoria Station around 18:00 a clock.
16:19 crossrail isn't part of the tube! it's national rail, idk why they called it the elizabeth line, it makes it sound like a tube line when it's most definitely not
Other than stopping at stations, at least the train itself won't suddenly stop in the middle of the tunnel to give wat to other trains converging into (or diverging out of) the tunnel, right?
I think the coach parking is the consequence of the low trees - the entire lower bit of Kingsway's nearside lane is completely unsuitable for double deckers hence the bus lane giving up (it's a real pain for bus passengers too). Even on the upper bit where buses do run on the nearside lane with the bus lane there have been a couple of pretty scary accidents over the years involving trees.
Tom, the taxi fare for people who can afford to get them, it's like to them the cost of the underground or bus for the people who can't afford to get a taxi or else a company is picking up the tab for the fare. It's like the same as the people who can afford to get parking tickets then to find a paid for bay or pay and display. I know some people might say in the comments with the price of parking in London it's probably cheaper to get a parking ticket as a joke, but there is a real divide in this country between rich and poor that seems to be getting worse by the quarterly year.
if i am coming up from my town Weymouth to London i am mostly catching a Manchester train or the sleeper withg luggage and there isn't step-free access so I am going by cab.
timing your journey from roadside to roadside is silly; nobody goes to waterloo station to stand out in front of it. You'd be better off timing from the train gates to the train gates in both the cab and tube times
Agree - this is a station to station journey, so the passenger is a rail user. From concourse to concourse - you have to walk outside and find the taxis (and maybe wait for one to arrive), which is the comparison of the walk down to the tube platform (and maybe wait for one to arrive). To be fair, it is a lot different if one end is a hotel/office etc, where the taxi drop off will be much closer.
Very well sold, but still a 1% population issue - we all know Taxi is unaffordable for most of the population (except for the once-in-a-month occasion, or by splitting fees with friends), but no surprise there either as it's a tailored service.
Hi Tom I really like your videos. I am Knowladge’s student . Please keep doing your shift videos , I learn lot of points and Route from you . Keep up the good work Sir
I was in London earlier this year, travelling from abroad. We frequently did take the taxi, especially when going shopping, but the main downside of it, to me, is the price. Sure, its comfort level beats that of the Tube or the buses easily, and it was a great experience, but at some point you just want to get there without breaking the bank. That being said, any of the available options for travel in London are still cheaper (and more convenient) than those I've got at home, so no complaints. I'll still take the taxi the next time I'm in London, but only when it makes sense for me to do so.
Great movie. Thanks Tom. Yes, I used to think why would someone do this journey by taxi. I’ve even taken people from Paddington to Canary Wharf which is even more extreme than your Liverpool Street example. Often though customers will get on the phone and will be on business calls the entire trip which you wouldn’t really want to do on the Elizabeth Line. They may be travelling to a hotel too that although ‘Canary Wharf’ is 10 minutes walk from the station.
Before watching the video my guess is it depends heavily on time of day, rush hour roads are awful so underground, outside of that I would think maybe taxi but is in itself maybe line dependent. Let's find out
As a Londoner I would walk MA to TCR. I would use a taxi if I had loads of luggage and more than two people but as much as don't want to pay TFL I would use the underground. But I love your video
Heathrow - central, especially if there’s 3 of you a cab wins for me every time. I wonder though if you and @geofftech2 went together least used station to Heathrow or something.
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That’s a great little challenge but I think you should team up with Geoff Marshall and really put it to the test
He’s an elusive character… I can’t find anyway of getting hold of him 😢
@@TomtheTaxiDrivertwitter or any new station opening or open day
@@mtty1988 He is no longer on twitter... We just need to start commenting on his videos for a TomtheTaxiDriver x Geoff collab/challenge
With what Geoff know of the tube, it could be a fun race with what Tom know of the streets
@@gameguild1555 that’s what I was thinking
Would love a Geoff Marshall x Tom collab!
Also worth a mention is the costs as well (if you didn't mention them, I'm 5 minutes in) It looks like your taxi journey cost £22-23 on that first occasion, while you can spend an entire day on the Tube travelling across London for a maximum of like £16
What about the cost difference ?
massive and thats the reason Taxi's exist. Because rich people want to be driven to their destination without having to mix with the peasant classes. Taxi's aren't for common people, thats why the journeys are all from swanky hotels to luxury shops and luxury shops to high class dining. Aside from late at night, I don't think anyone would get a taxi unless they were rich.
@@bengoacher4455I get black cabs all the time and I'm far from rich. I get them for ease of use, the comfort. Trust me, going from kings cross to Waterloo station with a misses and two kids plus bags, it's the easiest decision in the world to get a black taxi
@@bengoacher4455Who would wanna mess with the fleabags and people who don’t know what soap and deodorant is? Don’t blame anyone that drives or uses taxis. Some people have standards. Simple as.
@danielgould9107 that's part of the human experience. Living in an isolated bubble makes you cut off from the world around you and leaves you insulated from the realities of modern Britain. We are a society and it's part of being human that you see the good with the bad.
@@bengoacher4455 hmm yes. Such an amazing experience that. Thats basically like saying you’d sooner spend an evening in hostel dormitory than your own en-suite room at the ritz. But hey. We all have different standards expected of life.
Just look at that meter!
A Zone 1 - Zone 1 single is £2.70 for an Adult off Peak, I can't imagine paying £15 to save (or more likely lose) several minutes.
Add to that the fact that I wouldn't get to ride the tube (I like the tube)
Also, note about air con, the Subsurface lines (Met, H&C, Circle and District) have air con, as well as the Overground, Elizabeth line (not part of the tube), trams and many national rail services.
The Piccadilly line is getting air con from 2025, then Bakerloo and Central tbd. The tunnel temperature isn't that closely tied to weather though: it varies around 20-27 C while the seasonal average is 8-23 C. Which is pretty hot, especially at peak times when you add thousands of people, but it's the heat absorbed from 100 years of trains, moreso than whether it's sunny that day
you like the tube. Says no sane person ever. Must be autistic.
Your comment on the tube pulling in when arriving, is fairly common in central london, i regularly get it from canary wharf and it happens all the time
Literally the most boring comment I’ve ever seen
1:55 as a coach driver, Kingsway is one of the few coach parks in london, and with the ammount of us go there, it can be tricky actually parking up, to the point especially those who travel from far away and are reaching their driving hours. We just have to take whatever is available and make the most out of the space provided
Your storytelling has levelled up since the early days! Keep doing what you are doing!
Never even been to london and i sit and watch these as-if im gaining knowledge 😂😂
Need to redo this with Geoff Marshall! Would be such a great collaboration! OMG!
Tom, great video. Was wondering for the TCR to Marble Arch, if the bus would be quicker than the train?
All Londoners know about the short cut for the central line at TCR
In Hong Kong, however: I was taught from a young age to never bother to take the underground from Yau Ma Tei Station to Sham Shui Po Station, a section of Tsuen Wan Line in MTR. Even within this section: Just walk overground from Mong Kok Station to Prince Edward Station due to its short distance from station to station. It's even quicker than getting there on a moped, and that's even disregarding that the train tops out at 80 kph.
Reason isn't just for exercise and to save money, but it's the same reason I avoid the shortcut on motorway to get home: Because I have more points to navigate overground.
Case in point: Street View pictures of Google Maps don't update as frequently. I look at the Goodge St Station along Tottenham Ct Rd in Street View, the first picture is from 2022, but as you head towards Chenies St, the picture time-warped to 2008!
That being said, both the Hong Kong and Japan railway systems are absolutely divine.
I think this challenge as stated would be a great collab with Geoff Marshall however doing this would be great also including journeys with a train swap as a Taxi does hold the best options as being direct & no changes required! - a great video Tom!
Hi Tom. Very much enjoying your recent videos, especially the Silverstone weekend. 👍🏻😀 Doug
Hi Tom. Loving your recent content. I like the London runs especially but the Silverstone video was great. We all enjoyed watching that!
I think for the car travel, you shouldve taken a set number of trips from Point A to Point B, then divide that to get an average time. Would be a fair comparison given The Tube has set times for trains.
The car is flexible in the routing but heavily affected by the environment. The tube is rigid with is routes but less affected. Exceptional cases like broken train or events that block a series of roads can definitely alter the results.
To be honest I'm not at all surprised the tube wins! Even with the walking and the waiting, having a direct path with little to no obstructions is a massive advantage. The taxi could easily be much faster depending on the conditions, but that really can change by the minute.
I feel like for an individual or couple of people, the tube will most always be faster and cheaper, and for those people the taxi is a nice luxury if you really don't want to walk or wait around. For bigger groups or disabled people the taxi makes perfect sense over the tube! No doubt there's a place for both to me even if it looks good for the tube here (and I generally prefer it myself).
It'd be interesting to pick some random locations in zone 1/2 and see how taxi compares to Tube. Or maybe not completely random but choosing from some selection of shops, restaurants or other points of interest.
I don't live in London, but in Stockholm, Sweden. For me the biggest plus with train and busses is that you know the cost.
You just buy a card for the equivalent of 75 pound each month and you can travel all of Stockholm. And you don't have to think anymore about the cost that month. It's nice just travel and not thnik. What is the price for an equivalent card in London?
The best thing with a Taxi is the experience and the service for me. I like just sitting in the taxi and chat and looking at the scenery.
the equivalent pass is the travelcard. this is £164 a month for zones 1-2 but a lot of people get discounts. i, for one, get half price. a lot of people just pay-as-you-go, though. it's easier and cheaper.
In London it’s fairly pricier and depends on how far you need to go. A central London only travelcard costs £164 a month and increases gradually up to £427.40 if you want to cover the entire tube map. People buy the pass needed for their journey though so it wouldn’t reach that (unless you live in the outskirts of London).
These results don’t surprise me at all. Speed is not one of the reasons I choose a taxi over the underground. Unless there are delays, then it’s likely to be faster. Yes there can be delays, but there can also be delays by taxi.
The reasons I choose a taxi are convenience and comfort as an individual traveller - both of which are unmatched when compared to the tube. Add into that if you’re travelling as a group- then it makes even more sense!
The true challenge is a London taxi vs a leggy gay person who knows the streets and is listening to a banging soundtrack!
Superb & honest video again Tom. Many disable people as well as family with lotts of shopping & pushchair find it horrible to be on tube & train. Lovely content. Keep them coming.... 👍
But the tube involves sharing space with the peasants...
Love your videos, have learned a lot about the London taxis... but, London Underground is the first and main reason I fell in love with London!
I really respect your honesty here Tom! A lot of people would have fudged this video.
And we've all been stuck on the tube in the middle af a large family of tourists talking across you at full volume, thinking "why didn't you lot just get a bloody taxi?"
@@the_jon_with_no_h Probably because they were warned about the cost of getting one. Tourists aren’t there to be milked.
@@the_jon_with_no_h taxis usually seat up to 5, and this video proves it's slower (and doesn't talk about cost very much, but looks at the meter, it costs upwards of 7 to 12 times as much!)
The Elizabeth Line journey would have cost him £1.70, for an hour long taxi journey, it would be maddeningly expensive.
I frequently do the equivalent to the Oxford Street tube trip a lot in Hamburg when I've got time to kill. Walk all the way down the main shopping street, then go back via the underground. At my slightly rude walking speed, that's almost exactly 20 minutes.
Another dark ages story , you won't believe this but it's absolutely true. Bank of England to Terminal 2 in less than 30 mins. Paddington to Liverpool st , Park lane, through the park , Vic embankment 20 mins no probs. How was that possible, 30 mph plus, less traffic. I really feel for you guys these days.
The coach park on the Kingsway is also something that I, as a lifelong Londoner and commuter to this part of London, also do not understand at all! I expect it might just be that coaches need somewhere to park and Kingsway is somewhat central?!
I think the tube is almost always quicker in the day, as an able-bodied person without much to carry, but maybe if you tried to do this with a disability, or lots of luggage, or early in the morning when the tube hasn't started or isn't as frequent, there might be more of an objective case for taxis.
Regarding Kingsway coach parking. During the week coaches can only park off peak. I e up to 4 pm and after 7 pm. Coach parking in London is at a premium . The Kingsway is used for Covent garden during the day and the West end theatres at night. It is also ridiculously expensive. Until that useless included of a major gets his finger out of his arse and stops closing coach parking ( park lane and the embankment reduced the bays). Then London streets will continue to get blocked with illegally parked coaches and other vehicles.
Did Euston Station to Imperial College today, took a taxi as always gonna beat the tube for time once the change and walk from south ken is factored in.
Was 30 knicker though with tip, which is 10x the price of the tube.
If I wasn't disabled and South Kensington was more accessible, not sure i would be able to justify the cost to save a quarter of an hour, tops
Tom, great video. I mean, as train lines go, the Liz Line is gold standard so you’ll never beat it on speed. However, as you say, it’s not always A to B, so taxis will always be here. Like you say, suitcases, hot weather, multiple people - taxi wins on convenience. And I love seeing a London from a taxi (or a bus 😮).
You're not being very fair to yourself, comparing the taxi times to the savvy Londoner with an Oyster Card and ready to go/knowing where to go using the tube. Would be great to see how a random tourist family does, after having to figure out buying a ticket, and then finding the platforms/figuring out the route. Thinking tourists are probably your biggest clientelle?👍
If you drove from Paddington to Liverpool St at exactly 20mph all the way, it would take 16 minutes. That is really quick lol
For me it all depends on what the journey is for. If on my own and just travelling through to somewhere, generally use the tube. Simple no change journeys where I know the traffic will kill the road jounry, tube. But, if I have luggage, if in the middle of summer and oppressively hot, if going somewhere nice (say for a meal) and want no fuss non sweaty journey, or no stress late night journeys, I will choose cab.
Hi Tom, back in the dark ages when I was cabbing, they did a similar TV programme, it was a race from Kings X to Barnet between a taxi, a motorcycle, a cyclist, and someone using the Tube. The cyclist won , Taxi came second. I thought the motor bike would win but I reckoned the cyclist jumped lights. No sat navs then, they had to work out their own routes.
Your just entertaining Tom. I’m not a black cab not a taxi driver or would I ever be. But I love your videos and look forward to it every Saturday. Tho I’m watching it on Sunday today coz I was busy on Saturday but your my weekend dose.
A few minutes doesn’t make much difference. The tube is hot, sweaty, overcrowded, no ac, likely not to get a seat, Dirty, full of undesirables. Especially at night. Taxi or driving your own is worth the only sometimes extra time. In the evening however, the tube doesn’t stand a chance on time.
Really great video. Great perspective on stuff and showing how great our transport system really is
I think you kind of cheated a little bit. Wasn't your original premise "terminal to terminal"? You should have timed leaving the national rail fare gates on one end to entering them at the other end. Not in your taxi in front of the building. That would have been a fairer comparison.
Having said this, I do agree that sometimes taking a taxi is totally worth it. More convenience, not having to schlepp my luggage, aircon, door-to-door, a general feeling of luxury, you name it. Many reasons to take a taxi if you can afford it.
11:15 in the native Malay language, It's generally pronounced as "Row-Tee King", not "Rot-Tee King".
hi, not sure which is faster but when I was visiting the UK and London from the USA last year it was cheaper by taxi then the tude for my family, me my wife and two daughters. I only found out because though I was born in London I had never been in a taxi and wanted to take one. So we took one from Harrods to our hotel near the London eye. Going there there by tub was 20 pounds, going back well under that, with a tip.
i beg you to never, ever edit your video to have fake train sounds in 😭 please it sounds stupid! You put the central line train on screen while useing the northern line with Jubilee train sounds!! I know that the Jubilee 1996 stock looks the same as northern 1995 stock but they don't have the same motors!!!
get why you would obviously want to favour the taxi. But ‘most people’ after a long day get the tube lol & the central generally comes every few minutes so highly likely it might be pulling up when you get to the platform. And should be more organic by getting a random taxi not driving your own. I would guess time goes up by a few more minutes
I am 'able bodied' but recently had the pleasure of dragging luggage from Heathrow tube to Victoria when there was part suspensions requiring changing lines etc. I had to walk far between multiple different elevators within each tube station and also against the flow of pedestrian traffic due to location of the lifts. It's not fast for anyone who must use the lifts. For this reason, a taxi is probably faster and less exhausting
1:19 I loved the little detail of the Mario Party "Finish!", it was very funny Tom
Reddit user brought me here. American bringing my 16 year old daughter to UK for the first time ❤ two weeks in November.
I would also love to see a Geoff M collab too... but reckon another test run is to arrive in a terminal like KX or Paddington then get taxi/tube to some random office or attraction mid city. I reckon the Taxi might win more in those situations... keep em coming.
Hey Tom I and my husband are in london and he is watching your videos at the hotel right now.
We are leaving tomorrow so do need a taxi and was wondering if you where free? Need to go from Finsbury Square to Victoria Station around 18:00 a clock.
Tube will always be cheaper and quicker… upside of taxi, less chance of getting stabbed by young entrepreneurs
16:19 crossrail isn't part of the tube! it's national rail, idk why they called it the elizabeth line, it makes it sound like a tube line when it's most definitely not
Other than stopping at stations, at least the train itself won't suddenly stop in the middle of the tunnel to give wat to other trains converging into (or diverging out of) the tunnel, right?
Add a bit more time me lugging my case across London plus up and down the steps on the Northern Line.
My discounted hourly charging rate is £200 an hour. I can work in a cab and make calls. Uber wins every time.
I think the coach parking is the consequence of the low trees - the entire lower bit of Kingsway's nearside lane is completely unsuitable for double deckers hence the bus lane giving up (it's a real pain for bus passengers too). Even on the upper bit where buses do run on the nearside lane with the bus lane there have been a couple of pretty scary accidents over the years involving trees.
Tom, the taxi fare for people who can afford to get them, it's like to them the cost of the underground or bus for the people who can't afford to get a taxi or else a company is picking up the tab for the fare. It's like the same as the people who can afford to get parking tickets then to find a paid for bay or pay and display. I know some people might say in the comments with the price of parking in London it's probably cheaper to get a parking ticket as a joke, but there is a real divide in this country between rich and poor that seems to be getting worse by the quarterly year.
if i am coming up from my town Weymouth to London i am mostly catching a Manchester train or the sleeper withg luggage and there isn't step-free access so I am going by cab.
What about Leicester Square to Heathrow?
It would be cool to recruit a friend, and they leave from the same location as you.
A better option for Roti King to The Old Vic would be to go to the Roti King in Waterloo where it's a 2 minute walk away!
Elizabeth line isn’t a tube line or tube train, it’s a mainline train in a metro environment (hence why it’s part of national rail)
Well, you are incredibly expensive. Underground anytime
Few years back in my fitter days I used to run from Euston to the city a few times as i was on Moorgate I’d recognise people from my train.
Tom, that looked like a lot of blood for just a finger prick in that sample bottle in your trt kit.
12:17 Tom with his quotes.😮
Nice watch, thank you.😅
Lol, there always seems to be obstruction around the Euston Station tube!
you’re literally my comfort person i love you kislux !
Whats the cost for each journey? Quite important
If you've got your testosterone levels up, why not try to Run The Tube?
When it's hot the underground is miserable!
Try the same with shopping or luggage.
timing your journey from roadside to roadside is silly; nobody goes to waterloo station to stand out in front of it. You'd be better off timing from the train gates to the train gates in both the cab and tube times
Agree - this is a station to station journey, so the passenger is a rail user. From concourse to concourse - you have to walk outside and find the taxis (and maybe wait for one to arrive), which is the comparison of the walk down to the tube platform (and maybe wait for one to arrive).
To be fair, it is a lot different if one end is a hotel/office etc, where the taxi drop off will be much closer.
Love this video, sent email with Ideas for some videos
Definitely won't be getting a taxi then 😂
I'd take the cab to avoid all the hassle
And the winner is…. 🥁🥁🥁Lime Bike! :p
Very well sold, but still a 1% population issue - we all know Taxi is unaffordable for most of the population (except for the once-in-a-month occasion, or by splitting fees with friends), but no surprise there either as it's a tailored service.
LOL @ pointless stations.
Really enjoyed this one Tom. I love Black Cabs, but I hate watching the meter go up while being stuck in traffic.
Hi Tom I really like your videos. I am Knowladge’s student . Please keep doing your shift videos , I learn lot of points and Route from you . Keep up the good work Sir
Even where it takes a bit longer, i would much rather have the luxury and comfort of a taxi, especially when with family/kids
Bit deep for me to be honest
I was in London earlier this year, travelling from abroad. We frequently did take the taxi, especially when going shopping, but the main downside of it, to me, is the price. Sure, its comfort level beats that of the Tube or the buses easily, and it was a great experience, but at some point you just want to get there without breaking the bank.
That being said, any of the available options for travel in London are still cheaper (and more convenient) than those I've got at home, so no complaints. I'll still take the taxi the next time I'm in London, but only when it makes sense for me to do so.
Great movie. Thanks Tom. Yes, I used to think why would someone do this journey by taxi. I’ve even taken people from Paddington to Canary Wharf which is even more extreme than your Liverpool Street example. Often though customers will get on the phone and will be on business calls the entire trip which you wouldn’t really want to do on the Elizabeth Line. They may be travelling to a hotel too that although ‘Canary Wharf’ is 10 minutes walk from the station.
love your videos
Before watching the video my guess is it depends heavily on time of day, rush hour roads are awful so underground, outside of that I would think maybe taxi but is in itself maybe line dependent. Let's find out
Great video Tom, and I would take a taxi any day. Sit back, enjoy the view, and no crowds 👍 What's not to like? 🥰
As a Londoner I would walk MA to TCR. I would use a taxi if I had loads of luggage and more than two people but as much as don't want to pay TFL I would use the underground. But I love your video
Heathrow - central, especially if there’s 3 of you a cab wins for me every time. I wonder though if you and @geofftech2 went together least used station to Heathrow or something.
Loved this video! I’d still take a taxi for some trips because I could see things along the way I’d miss in the tube.
silly video
"...ya just don't want the faff." Perfect. A great reason to jump in a Black Cab.
15:28 - was that King Reg from Yes Theory? It sounds so much like him but I swear he's done more than 40 years
Tom, I hope my shouting “are you Tom the taxi driver?” At you yesterday didn’t ruin your break.
Tower Hill requires the #15 bus, upper level front seat, all of London to see.
Bruh, I can't say i was expecting it to get deep and philosophical towards the end there 😮
You using the sound of the jubilee line even though you used the northern line really triggered me I won't lie! 😂
How do the prices compare, for these specific journeys?
Dont forget the central line has an amended timetable.