Event & venue transfers
Aldgate to London Stadium runs to roughly 5.2 miles and 20 min off-peak. We quote £40 and that is the number you pay, whatever the traffic does.
A taxi from Aldgate to London Stadium is £40 in a saloon, £55 in a 6-seat MPV and £60 in an 8-seater. It is about 5.2 miles and 20 min off-peak, or 35 min in traffic. The fare is fixed at the moment you book and covers tolls, the driver's waiting time and your luggage.
| Vehicle | Capacity | Fixed fare |
|---|---|---|
| Saloon | up to 4 passengers, 2 large cases | from £40 |
| MPV | up to 6 passengers, 4 large cases | from £55 |
| 8-seater | up to 7 passengers, 7 large cases | from £60 |
Per vehicle, not per person. Tolls, congestion and crossing charges are already inside the price, and it does not change on the day.
On the network it is Aldgate (Circle and Metropolitan) to Stratford (Central, Jubilee, Elizabeth and the DLR), plus a 18-minute walk at the far end. The catch is that the walk across the park is long and fully exposed to weather. A car does the whole thing door to door in about 20 min, or 35 min when the roads are full - and it does it with your bags in the boot. It is a fair fight on the way there. On the way back, when several thousand people want the same platform, it stops being one.
Out of Aldgate (EC3, E1) the driver picks up the A1211 then the A11, joining A12 Blackwall Tunnel Northern Approach, then Warton Road for the run-in. About 5.2 miles in all - 20 min when it flows, 35 min when it does not.
Aldgate is dense, one-way and camera-enforced. The driver texts a workable standing point in EC3, E1 instead of guessing, which is the difference between a two-minute wait and a fine.
Pudding Mill Lane is the quickest private hire pickup; the Stratford side jams solid after events. The Olympic Park bridges are pedestrian-only on event days, so pickup is on the Pudding Mill Lane side rather than Westfield. Your driver sends the exact standing point and the registration before they set off, so you are not circling a car park looking for a number plate.
Address: Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, Stratford, E20 2ST.
If you were thinking of driving yourself: London Stadium sits inside a matchday or event-day controlled parking zone, on-site spaces are pre-book only and go early, and the residential streets around it are permit-holders only with active enforcement. Being dropped at the door and collected at an agreed point removes the whole problem.
Doors are usually an hour before the match. Working back, that means leaving Aldgate around 35 min plus that hour on a busy night - and booking the return at the same time, because the road out is slower than the road in.
£40 in a saloon, £55 in a 6-seat MPV and £60 in an 8-seater. That is the fixed price, agreed at booking.
Door to door the car is about 20 min off-peak. The rail alternative is Aldgate to Stratford plus the walk, which is competitive going out and considerably slower coming back.
Pudding Mill Lane is the quickest private hire pickup; the Stratford side jams solid after events. You get the exact point and the registration by text beforehand.
Card, bank transfer or a business account, before or after the journey. A VAT receipt is issued either way.
Yes, and it is the leg worth booking. The driver is in position before you come out instead of you joining the queue that forms the moment it ends.
The driver waits. We watch venue finish times rather than working to a fixed clock, so a late curtain does not leave you stranded or cost you extra.
No. The fare is fixed when you book. Traffic, tolls and the hour are our problem, not a line on your bill.
Fares are fixed at booking and shown per vehicle. Distances and journey times are approximate and vary with traffic and the exact pickup address. Page reviewed 7 September 2026.