For York Hackney drivers
Your taxi. Your independence. One digital platform.
Ride Xpress brings York’s independently operating Hackney Carriage taxis together on one digital platform, so customers can find and digitally hail a locally licensed taxi while you keep running your own business.
Ride Xpress app
Join York's digital taxi network
Our vision
Connecting York’s independent Hackney Carriages
Ride Xpress is a digital platform that helps local Hackney Carriage drivers connect directly with consumers looking for taxis in the City of York and surrounding areas: modern convenience for a traditional trade, with drivers’ interests at the heart.
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Bring York’s Hackney Carriage drivers together
A united digital platform where locally licensed taxi drivers can make themselves available to customers looking for a taxi.
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Modernise the traditional taxi service
Let customers find and digitally hail a nearby Hackney Carriage on their phone, while keeping the traditional values and regulated standards of the local taxi trade.
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Support local drivers and their earnings
A cost-effective platform with a fair, incentivised pricing structure, designed to help drivers maximise earning potential and retain as much of their fare income as possible.
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Improve accessibility and convenience
Make it easier for residents, visitors and businesses across York and surrounding areas to find and connect with available local taxis.
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Build a stronger local taxi community
Encourage drivers to work collectively through a shared digital platform, strengthening the competitiveness and long-term sustainability of York’s Hackney Carriage trade.
Your Taxi. Your Independence. One Digital Platform.
You already provide a professional, locally licensed taxi service. Ride Xpress simply makes it easier for customers to find you, without changing how you operate independently.
Your independence
You already operate your own licensed taxi business. Ride Xpress does not employ drivers or own taxis. It is simply an extra digital channel for customers to find you.
Digital visibility
Make your City of York licensed Hackney Carriage easier for residents and visitors to discover and digitally hail on one shared platform.
Fair platform access
An affordable, sustainable pricing structure designed to help independent drivers maximise earnings and retain as much of their fare income as possible.
Built for existing drivers
- Existing City of York licensed Hackney Carriage
- Already operating independently
- Keep your own taxi business
- Join a shared digital platform
Driver app
Join York's Digital Taxi Network
Be part of the future of York's Hackney Carriage trade. Connect with more customers, embrace digital convenience, and keep operating independently. Download the Ride Xpress Driver App and register today.
How the platform works
Traditional taxis. Digital access.
Ride Xpress is not seeking to replace York's Hackney Carriage trade. It helps modernise access, so local drivers reach local customers with the digital convenience people already expect.
City hails
Make yourself available for nearby digital hails across York. Customers find you through the app; you stay an independent Hackney Carriage.
Airport transfers
Connect with passengers needing airport runs from York and surrounding areas. Still your taxi, still your independence.
Scheduled trips
Timed pickups for residents, visitors and businesses who want to book a locally licensed taxi ahead.
Stay independent
Ride Xpress does not employ drivers or own taxis. It is a digital channel that helps customers discover existing York Hackney Carriage services.
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Getting started
How drivers join the platform
Download the driver app
Get Ride Xpress on Google Play (App Store coming soon) and create your driver account.
Register as an independent driver
Tell us about your City of York licensed Hackney Carriage and the area you cover. You keep operating your own taxi business.
Go available to customers
Make yourself findable to people looking to digitally hail a locally licensed taxi, while you keep operating independently.
Existing York drivers
Register your interest
Already operating a City of York licensed Hackney Carriage? Tell us about your taxi and area. We will follow up about joining the digital platform; you stay independent. Prefer to talk? Call 01904 777100.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
York Hackney Carriage drivers
Join York's digital taxi network
Download the Ride Xpress Driver App and make your independent taxi easier for customers to find and hail digitally.
Download the driver app