Taxis (T&F)

Several types of Taxis have appeared in Thomas & Friends media.

Sodor Taxis
These Taxis provide door-to-door passenger transport service throughout the Island of Sodor.

In the fifth series, James once saw Mrs. Kyndley ride in Taxi 1 to Ffarqhuar. In the seventh series, Arthur was seen pulling a train of flatbeds carrying two taxis and two old lorries. In the fourteenth series, Dowager Hatt rode Taxi 2 to Knapford to meet her son, Sir Topham Hatt.

Basis
Most of the taxis are based on Austin London Taxis of 1936. The Police Cars share the same basis.

Livery
The taxis have two liveries. Taxi 1 is painted in an indigo-blue livery with a black roof and black fenders, whereas Taxi 2 is painted in an all-over black livery.

They each have yellow rooflights with "TAXI" written in black. Their registration plates are black with "TAXI" followed by their respective numbers painted in white.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * Series 5 - Baa!, Toby's Discovery and Make Someone Happy
 * Series 6 - Harvey to the Rescue, Elizabeth the Vintage Lorry, Percy and the Haunted Mine and James and the Red Balloon
 * Series 7 - Emily's New Coaches, What's the Matter with Henry?, Something Fishy, Bulgy Rides Again, Harold and the Flying Horse, Gordon and Spencer and Three Cheers for Thomas
 * Series 8 - As Good as Gordon and Percy and the Magic Carpet
 * Series 9 - Thomas' Milkshake Muddle, Thomas and the Birthday Picnic, Thomas Tries His Best, Thomas' Day Off and Bold and Brave
 * Series 10 - It's Good to be Gordon, Seeing the Sights and Thomas and the Treasure
 * Series 11 - Thomas and the Storyteller, Smoke and Mirrors and Thomas Sets Sail
 * Series 12 - Thomas and the Billboard, Rosie's Funfair Special, Excellent Emily, Gordon Takes a Shortcut, Percy and the Bandstand and Best Friends
 * Series 14 - Jitters and Japes
 * Series 15 - Henry's Happy Coal and Stop that Bus!
 * Series 16 - Welcome Stafford!
 * Series 24 - Emily's Best Friend and Emily to the Rescue

Specials

 * 2011 - Day of the Diesels

Music Videos
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 * Series 5 - Every Cloud has a Silver Lining
 * Series 24 - Party Train

Trivia

 * Only two taxis were made during the Model Series, from Series 5 and appeared up until Series 2. While, in the CGI Series, multiple CGI models of Taxi 1 and Taxi 2's have appeared onscreen together.
 * Taxi 2's model used to be on display at Drayton Manor, but it was sent back to storage in early 2020. The model was then displayed at the second Clearwater Event in August 2022.
 * In the CGI Series, the Police Cars are modified from the Sodor Taxis.

Merchandise

 * ERTL

Port Taxis
These Taxis were exclusively to the magazines.

In the magazines, one of these taxis brought Sir Topham Hatt, his wife and grandchildren to the Sodor Airport as they were to embark for Spain. When the Hatts returned from their holiday, they rode back home via taxi.

Basis
These taxis are based on the 1958 Austin FX4 taxis. In the Golden Books, the police cars share the same basis.

Livery
These taxis are painted dark blue all over. They have yellow rooflights with "TAXI" written in black. Their registration plates are white with "PORT" followed by their respective numbers painted in white.

Appearances
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Magazine Stories

 * 2004 - Holiday Hat

London Taxis
There are many black taxis commonly found in the streets of London. During his visit to London, Etienne saw these taxis.

Basis
These taxis are based on the 1958 Austin FX4 taxis. In the Golden Books, the police cars share the same basis.

Livery
These taxis are painted black all over. They have yellow rooflights with "TAXI" written in black.

Appearances
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Videos

 * 2017 - Etienne Visits London

Trivia

 * A die-cast model of a London Taxi in Thomas' livery was produced in 1995. This was featured in The Thomas the Tank Engine Man documentary.

Merchandise

 * Thomas the Tank Engine Taxi

New York Taxis
There are many yellow taxis in New York City, United States.

In Thomas is Leaving Sodor for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!, Thomas imagined what he would look like as a New York Taxi.

Basis
The taxis are based on the Checker Marathon and Dodge Polara taxi.

Livery
These taxis are painted yellow. They originally had a black and white checked stripe across their sides.

Appearances
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Thomas & Friends

 * 2018 - Big World! Big Adventures!

Music Videos

 * 2018 - Where in the World is Thomas?

Videos

 * 2014 - Thomas is Leaving Sodor for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade!
 * 2015 - Thomas Goes to New York