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{{short description|Queue area and pick-up point for taxis}}
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[[File:Letiště Ruzyně, terminál 1, taxistanoviště.jpg|thumb|Taxi stand at [[Václav Havel Airport Prague|Václav Havel Airport]], [[Prague]], Czech Republic]]
[[File:Taxicab rank Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre.jpg|thumb|A taxi rank outside [[Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre]] in [[Melbourne]], Australia]]
[[File:Old Delhi Railway Station (24781990251).jpg|thumb|upright|Taxi stand outside [[Delhi Junction railway station]] in India]]

A '''taxicab stand''' (also called '''taxi rank''', '''cab stand''', '''taxi stand''', '''cab rank''', or '''hack stand''') is a [[queue area]] on a street or on private property where [[taxicab]]s line up to wait for passengers.

==Operation==

Stands are normally located at high-traffic locations such as [[airport]]s, [[hotel]] driveways, [[railway station]]s, [[rapid transit|subway]] stations, [[bus]] depots, [[ferry]] terminals, [[shopping mall|shopping centre]]s, and major street intersections. Usually stands are marked by simple painted signs.

Stands generally work as a [[first-come, first-served]] queue, so that the first taxicab to arrive on the stand (the one at the front of the line) serves the first passenger to arrive, and as the first taxicab leaves, each taxicab behind it moves ahead one spot, with the last taxicab to arrive taking the last spot.

In the Republic of Ireland an intending passenger is entitled to choose any taxicab that is available for hire at an appointed taxi stand. The Commission for Taxi Regulation has deemed that the customer has the right to choose and that the principle of first come, first served is dismissed.

==Around the world==
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[[File:804 Taxistand in Cala Millor.jpg|thumb|Taxi stand in [[Cala Millor]], Spain]]
In some cities, such as [[London]] and [[New York, New York|New York]], some older taxi stands are marked by special lamps with "TAXI" painted on the sides of them.<ref>[https://www.hangerlondon.com/19th-august/ 1897 London Electric Cab Company – Hanger London]</ref>

Some major stands are divided into separate queues.  For example, at the [[Nagoya]] railway station in [[Japan]], small- and large-capacity taxis line up separately; while at [[Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport]] in [[Shanghai]], short- and long-distance taxis use separate queues. In [[Hong Kong]], [[Taxicabs of Hong Kong|different kinds of taxi]]s line up separately, as some of their service areas overlap.

==Recharging==
Taxicab stands can be used to recharge batteries of [[electric taxi]]s.

==See also==
{{Commons category|Taxi stands}}
* {{annotated link|Cab-rank rule}}
* [[Charging station]]
* [[Electric vehicle]]

==Sources==
===References===
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