Most popularSaloonSaloon
- Vehicle type
- Saloon
- Luggage
- 2 bags
- Passengers
- 4
✦London City Airport · LCY
London City Airport Taxi Transfer
The shortest airport run in London, priced before you travel. Six miles from the City, one terminal, and a car waiting at the door.
Passengers
2
Bags
2
- Terminals
- Single terminal
- Distance
- 6 miles east of the City of London
- Journey time
- 25 to 40 minutes
- Saloon from
- £70
- Drop-off charge
- £8 for 5 minutes, included in your fare
- Rail alternative
- DLR, 23 minutes to Bank
Overview
What is a London City taxi transfer?
A London City taxi transfer is a booked private hire journey between London City Airport (LCY) and an address you name, at a fare set before travel. Taxiqo runs these from £70 in a saloon carrying up to four passengers and two large cases.
London City occupies a strip of the Royal Docks in Newham, 6 miles east of the City of London and closer to the centre than any of its rivals. The drive takes 25 to 40 minutes to most central postcodes, and appreciably less to Canary Wharf, which sits barely four miles west along the A1020. One compact terminal handles every flight.
Drivers hold private hire licences and vehicles carry the matching plate. The airport introduced an £8 drop-off charge in January 2026, the last of the capital's six airports to do so, and that charge is inside the quote. So are tolls, the congestion charge, ULEZ and VAT. The charge buys five minutes at the forecourt, then runs at £1 a minute to a ten minute ceiling.
What follows covers what each London City run costs, how the Royal Docks site handles pickup, choosing a vehicle for your party, everything the fare takes in, how a car reads against the DLR, and the booking process. Questions at the end deal with business travel, the ExCeL and Canary Wharf runs, luggage, early departures and changes to a booking.
Why Taxiqo
Why City passengers pre-book
Business travel drives most of the traffic here, and business travellers book ahead for one reason: the schedule is tight. London City's short runway and steep approach suit turboprops and small jets on quick European rotations, and passengers are often connecting straight into a meeting.
A car waiting at arrivals removes the variable. And because the airport sits close in, the fare stays modest even when the destination is a City address at 08:30.
- Licensed for private hire, drivers DBS checked
- Fare agreed before travel and confirmed in writing
- Flight number matched against live arrival feeds
- Sixty minutes of free waiting from touchdown
- Corporate accounts with monthly invoicing
- Reservations handled 24 hours a day
Fixed prices
London City transfer prices
A saloon to central London is £75, the lowest central London fare of the London airports we serve, purely because the distance is short. Canary Wharf, closer still, is £70. The price covers the car rather than the seat.
| Destination | Vehicle | Journey time | Fixed fare |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central London | Saloon | 25 to 40 min | £75 |
| Canary Wharf | Saloon | 15 to 25 min | £70 |
| The City | Saloon | 20 to 35 min | £75 |
| Stratford | Saloon | 15 to 30 min | £70 |
| Heathrow Airport | Saloon | 60 to 95 min | £95 |
| Greenwich | Saloon | 15 to 25 min | £70 |
Fares here carry the terminal fee, tunnel charges, parking and tax.Price your own route
Coverage
Pickup at the Royal Docks terminal
Pickup here is about as simple as it gets. The terminal is small enough to cross in a couple of minutes, arrivals and departures share one building, and the forecourt sits immediately outside.
Because the site runs along the old King George V Dock, road access comes off Hartmann Road and the A1020. That single approach can tighten during the morning peak, which is worth knowing if you're departing rather than arriving.
01
Main terminal
One compact building for all flights. Meet and greet drivers wait inside the arrivals area.
02
Forecourt pickup
Immediately outside arrivals, used for standard pickups. The bay number comes by text.
03
London City Airport DLR
Platform reached directly from the terminal, with no shuttle bus. Trains roughly every 10 minutes.
04
Hartmann Road approach
The single road access off the A1020, and the reason departures allow extra time in the morning peak.
What's included
What the fare takes in
Taken into the quoted figure is each cost the journey creates, so the amount shown at booking is the amount paid at the end.
- London City drop-off charge of £8 for a 5 minute stay
- Parking fees on meet and greet bookings
- Blackwall and Silvertown tunnel charges where the route uses them
- Congestion charge and ULEZ on journeys crossing either zone
- VAT at the standard rate
- Sixty minutes of waiting, free, timed from landing
Arrivals
Where does the driver meet you?
Arrivals are served by one of two pickup types. Meet and greet places the driver inside the terminal; a standard pickup meets you at the designated pickup point outside.
Meet and greet
- Where
- Inside the arrivals hall
- Driver
- Waits at the arrivals gate holding a name board
- Luggage
- Driver helps with luggage to the car
- Parking
- Car park fee included in the fare
- Best for
- First-time arrivals, families, late-night landings
Standard pickup
- Where
- At the terminal's designated pickup point
- Driver
- Calls or texts you on landing with the bay number
- Luggage
- You bring luggage to the car
- Parking
- No car park fee
- Best for
- Frequent flyers with hand luggage only
Vehicle choice
Which vehicle do you need?
Choose by passenger count first, then by luggage. Count pushchairs, ski bags and golf clubs as large cases. Under-filling a vehicle is the most common cause of a transfer going wrong at the kerb.
| Vehicle | Passengers | Large cases | Example | From |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saloon | Up to 4 | 2 large cases | Toyota Prius or similar | £70 |
| Estate | Up to 4 | 4 large cases | VW Passat Estate or similar | £75 |
| Mercedes E-Class | Up to 3 | 2 large cases | Mercedes E-Class or similar | £80 |
| Mercedes S-Class | Up to 3 | 2 large cases | Mercedes S-Class or similar | £110 |
| Mercedes V-Class | Up to 6 | 6 large cases | Mercedes V-Class or similar | £110 |
| 8 Seater | Up to 8 | 8 large cases | Mercedes Vito or similar | £80 |
| 16 Seater Minibus | Up to 16 | 16 cases | Mercedes Sprinter or similar | £470.80 |
| Range Rover | Up to 4 | 3 large cases | Range Rover or similar | £200 |
Google reviews
What our clients say about us
Posted on Google
Very easy to book and the price was clear from the start. The driver was professional and the vehicle was clean. I would definitely use TAXIQO again.
AHMAD RAJPUT3 weeks ago · Google reviewOur fleet
Choose from our fleet
Every vehicle is licensed, insured and fixed-price. Filter by class to see the models, luggage capacity and passenger count.
Most popularSaloon
Extra luggageEstateEstate
- Vehicle type
- Estate
- Luggage
- 4 bags
- Passengers
- 4
Alternatives
Car or DLR from London City?
DLR trains leave the terminal every 10 minutes and reach Bank in 23 minutes, with the platform accessible straight from the building. For a single traveller with a laptop bag heading into the City, that's genuinely hard to beat on either time or cost.
On cost the DLR wins outright: even split three ways, a car at £75 to central London costs each person several times a DLR fare. What the car buys is the rest of the journey. DLR carriages get crowded through the Isle of Dogs at peak, there are stairs at several interchanges, and Bank is a long walk between lines, while a car takes you and your cases to the door. Party size and case count decide the class of car.
How to book
How to reserve
Reserving takes about a minute. Enter both addresses, set the date and time, choose your class of car and confirm. You see the fare before committing.
- 1Enter the pickup address and destination
- 2Select date, time and passenger numbers
- 3Choose a vehicle class and view the fare
- 4Add the flight number when arriving
- 5Confirm and keep your written confirmation
London City transfer questions
London City Airport transfers, answered
Direct answers on fares, terminals, delayed landings, luggage and cancellations for London City Airport.
Still have questions?
Our London team is available 24/7 to help you choose the right vehicle, explain fixed prices and take your booking.
CONTACT USA saloon into central London costs £75, and to Canary Wharf £70. The airport's proximity keeps the central London fare the lowest of the London airports we serve. Both are fixed at booking and take in the terminal fee, tunnel tolls and VAT.
DLR is quicker at peak, taking 23 minutes to Bank against 20 to 35 by road. Off-peak the car usually matches or beats it. The DLR is always cheaper per person; a car wins on comfort and door-to-door convenience, especially with cases.
Yes, since January 2026. The charge is £8 for five minutes, then £1 a minute up to ten. London City was the last of the six London airports to bring one in. Your quoted fare already covers it.
Frequent runs include Canary Wharf, the City, Stratford, Greenwich, ExCeL and Westfield, all inside 30 minutes. Longer transfers to Heathrow, Gatwick and out into Essex work the same way. Anywhere else in the UK is quoted on request.
Yes. Corporate accounts cover monthly invoicing, named cost centres and repeat bookings for regular travellers. Most London City passengers fly for work, so account billing is the norm rather than the exception here.
London City occupies the Royal Docks in Newham, east London, on the old King George V Dock. It sits 6 miles east of the City of London, making it the closest airport to the centre. Road access runs off Hartmann Road and the A1020.
Yes, and it's one of our shorter runs. ExCeL London stands about a mile from the terminal, roughly 10 minutes by road. Event weeks fill fast, so booking ahead is worth doing when a major exhibition is on.
Yes. A saloon takes two large cases plus hand luggage, which suits most London City passengers travelling on short European rotations. Anyone carrying more should choose an estate, which handles four.
Departure peaks fall between 06:00 and 08:00 and again from 17:00 to 19:00, matching the business schedule. Hartmann Road tightens at both, so allow an extra 15 minutes on a morning departure.
Yes, subject to a car being free. Changes are free up to 24 hours before pickup, and a larger vehicle or a longer route is re-priced, with the difference quoted first. Closer to pickup than that, ring the team and we'll see what can be moved.
Other airports
Transfers to the other London airports
Taxiqo covers all six London airports, plus Manchester, Birmingham, Bristol and Leeds Bradford, on the same fixed-fare basis. Compare the starting price and journey time for each.
LHR
LGW
STN
LTNBook your London City transfer.
One fixed fare, agreed up front.
Enter your journey for an instant price from £70, or speak to the London team at any hour.