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Anyone know of a local cab company that has baby car seats?


I have to get a taxi to Kings Cross station tomorrow morning and last time I needed a cab as a last min thing I had to travel with my four month old on my knee, which unnerved me.


I'm told that taxis are not required to have car seats for babies now and as I don't have a travel system for my buggy (as we don't have a car at the mo and rarely need one) do I just have to risk him on my lap with the seat belt around us both?


Does anyone have any advice?

Similar dilemma - first baby due shortly, but no car so no car seat (thinking of trip back from hospital). I rang all taxis in Camberwell - none of them provide baby seats. The don't legally need to so none of them do given the expense involved I suppose. I also tried Addison Lee, and your right, they don't either.


I think its buggy on the bus, or baby on your knee in a cab.

another option might be to use your own or borrow one, and ask the driver if he/she could drop it back at your house or a neighbours house afterwards, probably for extra cost.

we did this last year because we did not want to have a toddler and a four month old baby without seats in a cab in the snow

Thanks everyone....I'm going to call Green Tomatoes in a min, had never heard of them! Thanks veryseriousgirl.


Audrey - It's still worth getting a car seat and my advice is get one that fits onto your buggy if you can. We bought one from the forum for the journey back from hospital - husband just bought it with him when he came to get us. Now, even though I don't have a car, I wish I had bought one for the buggy as I would not be having this issue. Could simply pop him in car and then clip him in buggy wheels the other end. I'm going to get one.


Thanks everyone....safe travels!

  • 2 months later...
  • 3 years later...

Rye Cars are still the solution - friends

with 2 small children need picking up from

Eurostar and bringing to east dulwich. Rye quoted

?20.00 and can provide car seats. Keen quoted over ?30

, don't have car seats and wanted to charge

substantially extra to pick up a car seat from us,

and same charge would apply if we dropped

seat off at their office.

PS thanks Rodney for your input!

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