The Tube is cheap and quick when you travel light — but a door-to-door theatre car wins on the nights that matter. Here's when each one makes sense.
When the taxi wins
A fixed-fare car comes into its own when the evening is an occasion rather than a commute — when you are dressed for it, in a group splitting one fare, finishing after the last trains, travelling with children or older guests, or heading to an outer venue such as Hampstead, Greenwich, Wilton's or Battersea where late transport thins out.
When the Tube is fine
Travelling solo and light, in good time, to a central venue by a station? The Underground is hard to beat — keep a car for the way home, when the after-show scramble bites hardest.
The cost picture
A central West End fixed fare from Waterloo starts around £14 — split across a group, that is often less per head than separate Tube journeys, and always door-to-door. See the theatre taxi cost guide for the detail.
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