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Stopping at cash machines – Camden Trial
The London Borough of Camden has launched a trial allowing taxis and private hire vehicles (PHVs)
to wait for passengers using ATMs at night on roads in the Borough. This follows Transport for
London’s (TfL) recent decision To formalise the exemption for taxis and PHVs on red routes.
From 27 July 2009, a six month trial will operate allowing taxis and PHVs to stop on yellow lines
and wait for passengers to use cash machines in the London Borough of Camden. As on red routes,
the trial will operate every night between 22:00 and 06:00. Licensed taxis and licensed PHVs
displaying the red route exemption signage will be able to stop for up to five minutes to allow
passengers to use a cash achine. Waiting is still prohibited at bus stops with wide yellow lines
although taxis are allowed to stop at these to pick up and set down passengers. At all other times of
the day the normal stopping restrictions apply.
This trial aims to address concerns about the safety of taxi and private hire customers using cash
machines at night. If the trial is successful then Camden Council will consider making this exemption
permanent, other boroughs may follow suit, but for now this exemption only applies on red routes or
in Camden.
Drivers are reminded that they must always be mindful of the safety of their passengers and other
road users, and may be penalised if they wait in locations where it is unsafe to do so. Drivers must
not stop:
• on pedestrian crossings;
• on zig-zag lines;
• on bus stops marked with a wide red line;
• (PHVs only) on bus stops marked with a wide yellow line;
• in locations where stopping would cause a safety hazard or obstruction.
Information about the red route exemption signage is available on the TfL
website at tfl.gov.uk/phvredroutes.
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