Taxi and limousine
- What is a taxi service?
- What is a taxi service licence?
- Taxi safety initiatives
- What is a limousine service?
- What is a limousine service licence?
- Fact sheets
Taxi Hotline
The Department of Transport and Main Roads has launched the Taxi Hotline, allowing you to report your concerns over industry standards and onging issues within the taxi industry.
A taxi service is a demand-responsive passenger service in a vehicle of no more than 11 seats (excluding the driver) and supported by electronic communication through a radio network. A taxi service can be hailed by members of the public and may stand for hire on a road.
What is a taxi service licence?
A taxi service licence authorises the holder to provide a taxi service in a specific area subject to certain conditions.
A taxi service licence may be leased, sold or otherwise transferred, but only to an appropriately accredited operator.
Other taxi-related information:
- Services
- Service area maps
- Taxi subsidy scheme
- Taxi security camera
- Taxi service licences (PDF**, 60KB)
Taxi safety initiatives
Taxi services have been improved to assist passengers to get home from busy entertainment and nightclub precincts. Late night travel is now safer due to:
- secure taxi ranks — staffed by experienced taxi rank marshals and security guards
- the NightLink FlatFare taxi service — offered from four secure taxi ranks, providing a new way to get home from Brisbane's central business district (CBD) and Fortitude Valley precincts late on Friday and Saturday nights.
A limousine service is an unscheduled public passenger service by a luxury motor vehicle where the fare is decided before the journey begins.
What is a limousine service licence?
A limousine service licence authorises the holder to provide a limousine service in a specific area subject to certain conditions.
A limousine service licence may be leased, sold or otherwise transferred, but only to an appropriately accredited operator.
Limousine-related information:
- limousine service area map (PDF**, 334KB)
- limousine service licences (PDF**, 59KB)
- Limousine Users Guide.
Information bulletins and fact sheets on our services are available at the links below. Relevant taxi and limousine fact sheets will be updated once available.
- operator accreditations
- driver authorisation
- information bulletins for drivers and operators
- leasing taxi and limousine service licences (PDF**, 33KB)
- taxi and limousine service licence transfer requirements (PDF**, 54KB)
- taxi and limousine industry development package (PDF**, 101KB)
aHigher rates apply from mobile phones and payphones. If calling outside of Queensland, STD rates will apply.
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Last updated 03 July 2009
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