London Bridge Taxi — Station, Shard and SE1 Pickups

Pickup at London Bridge Station — Where Your Driver Meets You

The default meeting point for a Cabson taxi at London Bridge is the taxi rank on Tooley Street, on the south side of the station opposite the More London office campus. It's the same rank the black cabs use, and it's clearly signposted from the main concourse via the Tooley Street exit. Your driver will send a message when they are around two minutes away and confirm the exact bay so you don't have to guess which car is yours in a queue.

If Tooley Street is closed for filming, event build-out for The Scoop, or Southwark Council roadworks — which happens more often than TfL likes to admit — the app automatically switches the pickup to St Thomas Street on the north side of the station or, occasionally, to Duke Street Hill. Drivers know all three points and will not charge extra for a diverted collection.

For late-night rail arrivals we track the live Thameslink and Southeastern feeds. If your Brighton train is running 18 minutes late, so is your booking — no waiting-time charge, no missed pickup, and no need to phone in. Just share the train reference at booking and the driver will monitor it directly.

London Bridge to Gatwick — Rail Versus Taxi

Thameslink from London Bridge to Gatwick Airport takes roughly 45 minutes off-peak and runs frequently through the day. It's the fastest and cheapest option if you're travelling light. A taxi is generally 55 to 75 minutes depending on the time of day, via the A23 through Streatham or the M23 south of Croydon. Get an instant quote online — the price varies by vehicle class.

The taxi wins on three specific scenarios: family travel with two or more suitcases each, late-night arrivals after Thameslink thins out around midnight, and early-morning departures when you'd otherwise be lugging bags across Waterloo East to catch a first train. It also wins when the Thameslink core route is disrupted — which happens roughly once a fortnight in our experience — and thousands of passengers are diverted through Blackfriars or off the rails entirely.

London Bridge to Heathrow, City, Stansted, and Luton

Heathrow from SE1 is typically 55 to 90 minutes depending on time of day and terminal. Get an instant quote online for your terminal. We include one hour of meet-and-greet at Heathrow arrivals within the fixed fare.

London City Airport is the fastest airport link from London Bridge — roughly 7 miles via the A2 and Silvertown Way, typically 25 to 40 minutes. Get an instant quote online. If you are checking in for the LCY-JFK British Airways service, allow the full 40 minutes at peak.

Stansted is typically 60 to 90 minutes via the A12 and M11. Luton is around the same duration via the A1(M) or M1 depending on traffic. Get an instant quote online for either route. For all four airports we track your inbound flight, so if you land late the driver waits at no extra cost within the included grace period.

The Shard, Shangri-La, and Restaurant Pickups

The Shard address at 31 St Thomas Street sits directly against the station. We run concierge pickups here for Shangri-La The Shard, Aqua Shard, Hutong, Oblix, and Ting Restaurant every day. Give reception the vehicle registration on arrival and the driver will pull straight into the porte-cochere; there is no need to wait outside on foot in the rain. Late-night restaurant returns to Chelsea, Kensington, Mayfair, or out to Surrey and Kent are one of our commonest London Bridge jobs.

SE1 Landmarks and Local Coverage

Cabson covers the whole of SE1 postcode-deep. Common pickup and drop points around London Bridge include: Borough Market (recommended pickup on Southwark Street or Bedale Street at weekends when Stoney Street is restricted), City Hall on Kamal Chunchie Way (relocated from Potters Fields in 2021), HMS Belfast on the river, Tower Bridge north and south approaches, Hay's Galleria, Guy's Hospital on Great Maze Pond, More London Riverside for the FT and PwC offices, Bermondsey Street for the White Cube and Fashion and Textile Museum, and Bankside for Tate Modern and the Globe.

Onward destinations we run daily include Waterloo, Blackfriars, the City around Bank and Liverpool Street, Canary Wharf via the Rotherhithe Tunnel, Greenwich, Peckham, Dulwich, Camberwell, and the whole of SE1 through SE16.

Fleet Options From London Bridge

Saloon (Ford Mondeo, VW Passat) — two large cases plus two cabin bags, up to four passengers, our default option and the best value on airport runs. Estate (Volvo Estate, VW Passat) — for airport jobs with three or more full-size cases. MPV (VW Sharan, Ford Galaxy) — family Gatwick or Heathrow runs, hen-do pickups, small work groups. Executive (Mercedes E-Class or BMW 5-Series) — for hotel arrivals at the Shangri-La and corporate visits to law firms around More London. Our Mercedes S-Class Chauffeur tier is available for quiet, chauffeur-style journeys. All vehicles meet ULEZ standards and a growing share of the London Bridge fleet is fully electric or hybrid.