Private Hire Taxi Driver

Becoming a Private Hire taxi driver in Medway requires you to be licensed by Medway Council as either a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire Driver;

• Hackney Carriage ("HC") Drivers are licensed to pick people up from the roadside, i.e. hailing a cab.


• Private Hire ("PH") Drivers are only permitted to pick up pre-arranged bookings and are not permitted to pick people up from the side of the road.


• Restricted Private Hire ("RPH") Drivers are only permitted for Home to School transport.


The training course will support you on your path to becoming licensed as either a Hackney Carriage or Private Hire driver. It will initially explain what it means to be a taxi driver, answering all your questions about how the trade operates. It will detail what your costs are likely to be through the qualification process, what your expenditure will be once you have qualified and what you can expect to earn once you have your license.