Originally Posted by
Trinity 09L
Paxboy
The London taxi is regulated by either TFL or the Public Carriage Office (formerly a Met Police branch). All taxi's are licensed and all fares will be on the meter from the point of departure
Not really so. This only applies to trips inward towards London. Heathrow Airport is right on the very western edge of this designated area, in fact it had to be modified when T5 opened, and for any journeys west, south or north the Public Carriage Office of TfL thinks these destinations are in some parallel universe, "nuffin' to do with us, mate". Our office in Slough has a local taxi firm who charge £12 to the airport. Coming the other way we have had standoffs with black cab drivers demanding, meterless, up to £80 - especially for those in a business suit for whom English is not their first language.
All points of arrival within the GLA or TFL area are on the meter.
I wonder how many potential users know the boundaries of these two acronyms, or what they even mean, let alone how the two areas differ from one another.