Get London Transfer Ltd is a TfL licensed private hire operator - London private hire operator licence number 11588. getlondontransfer.co.uk and rushxo.co.uk are trading names of Get London Transfer Ltd. Every booking made on these websites is operated by Get London Transfer Ltd.
Braintree wove its name into history twice: Courtauld silk from its mills dressed royalty and lined the trade routes of an empire, and Crittall's steel-framed windows — born here, showcased in the model village at Silver End — glazed the modern movement worldwide. Today the town's quiet superpower is geographical: Stansted's runway sits fifteen miles straight up the A120, closer than most of Essex can dream of. Rushxo turns that advantage into a service — the airport run as a 25-minute shuttle, London door to door, Witham's fast trains met, and every mile at a fare written before departure.
A town that understands weaving — routes crossed daily into one tight fabric
Local threads
Braintree's story, street level
Courtauld
Silk that dressed an empire
The Courtauld dynasty spun Braintree into the world's textile atlas — mourning crape, fine silks, and eventually the rayon revolution. The Warner Textile Archive still guards the pattern books; the town's confidence still carries the sheen.
Crittall
Windows for the modern world
The steel-framed window that defined Art Deco and modernist building was a Braintree invention, and Silver End — the model village Crittall built for its workers — remains a pilgrimage for architecture lovers. We run the pilgrims out there regularly.
The A120 card
Stansted, absurdly close
Fifteen miles of near-straight dual carriageway separates a CM7 doorstep from a boarding gate. Whole categories of pre-flight anxiety — the alarm maths, the parking spiral — simply don't apply here. We built the shuttle rhythm to match.
Retail therapy
Braintree Village
The designer outlet beside the bypass pulls shoppers from three counties — and produces the town's most cheerful bookings: collections at the doors with a boot of bags, or a group MPV for a birthday's worth of bargain hunting.
The branch line
Rail, honestly rated
Braintree's branch shuttles to Witham for the mainline change toward Liverpool Street — fine on an unhurried weekday, unhelpful with cases, at dawn, or after the last connection. We fill precisely those gaps, and drop at Witham for the fast trains when rail genuinely wins.
The catchment
Bocking to Coggeshall
Bocking's mill terraces, Great and Black Notley, Rayne, Panfield, Cressing's medieval barns and Coggeshall's antique-shop high street — all inside the same written-fare coverage, with village gates found first time in the dark.
Where CM7 travels
The Braintree run sheet
Destination
Typical time
The detail that matters
Stansted Airport STN
20–25 min
The house specialty — first-wave departures made without a 3am crisis, arrivals met with a name board
London, door to door
70–100 min
Theatres, meetings, family — no Witham change, no last-train countdown
Witham Station
~15 min
Timed to a named mainline train when rail is genuinely the right tool
Chelmsford
~25 min
The city's offices, county courts and concerts, priced before departure
The Essex coast
40–60 min
Mersea's oysters, Frinton's greensward, Maldon's barges — summer days out in one MPV
Luton · Heathrow · Gatwick
1¼–2 hrs
The other airports, covered at the same written-fare logic when the booking demands them
Every row is served by Saloon, Executive Mercedes/BMW, People Carrier, V Class and 9-Seater at their own single figure — with tolls, luggage, waiting at the door and the hour of travel all inside it. Return legs booked together lock as one combined price.
How early can you collect for a Stansted first-wave flight?
Any hour — and here's the local luxury: a 4:00am collection still delivers you to bag drop by half past. The pre-dawn price is the mid-afternoon price, and the driver was allocated the day you booked.
Is the taxi really competitive against airport parking?
Over a week away, almost always: two fixed transfers versus seven days of parking plus the shuttle-bus shuffle both ways. Over a fortnight the comparison stops being close — and your car spends the holiday safely on your own drive.
Can a group share one vehicle to the airport?
Seven in the V Class or eight in the 9-Seater at one flat figure — for a town this close to the runway, the per-head cost of a shared minibus becomes almost comically small.
Do you handle late-night returns from London?
Happily — the post-theatre, post-dinner, post-last-train run up the A12 is a staple. Book the return with the outbound and the evening collection waits at the door you name, at the price already in writing.
What about deliveries of people mid-list — multi-stop trips?
School runs with two drop-offs, an airport run that collects grandparents in Bocking en route, a night out gathering friends across three villages — tell us the stops and the whole itinerary is priced as one figure before the first pickup.
Woven to order
Fix your fare from Braintree in a minute
A named driver in writing, the shortest airport run in Essex, and every other journey priced with the same certainty. The silk town, moved smoothly.
London taxi · Photo: Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Choose a saloon for up to four passengers, an executive car for business travel, an MPV for families and luggage, or a minibus for groups of up to 16. Every driver is TfL-licensed and DBS-checked, and every vehicle is insured for private hire.
Frequently asked questions
Is the price for Taxi from Braintree fixed?
Yes. Every Rushxo journey is a fixed price agreed before you travel, whatever the traffic or time of day: no meter, no surge pricing, no hidden extras.
How do I book Taxi from Braintree?
Request a quote online, by WhatsApp or by phone, 24 hours a day. Confirm the pick-up time and address and you receive the driver details before the journey; business accounts can book on monthly invoice.
Is Rushxo a licensed operator?
Yes. Rushxo journeys are operated by Get London Transfer Ltd, a TfL-licensed private hire operator (licence 11588). Rushxo Ltd is registered at Companies House (16464640), with DBS-checked drivers and insurance up to £10m.
Taxi From Braintree: events, venues, airports & the wider Essex network
Rushxo runs fixed-price transfers from Taxi From Braintree to events and venues, all major airports and cruise terminals, and towns and cities right across Essex and the South East. Every journey is a fixed price agreed before you book.
Getting around Braintree: parking, car hire, public transport & accessibility
Parking & car hire:car parks near Braintree and car hire in Braintree on Google Maps. Hiring just to reach the airport? Count the fuel, the airport car-park fee and the return of the car before comparing with a one-way fixed fare.
Check step-free access and lifts for your local station on its National Rail station page and book Passenger Assist (ideally 2 hours ahead). Assistance dogs travel free on all UK trains and buses; other dogs are carried free on most operators.
Travelling with us: assistance dogs always travel free in every car, no notice needed (Equality Act 2010). Other dogs and pets are welcome by prior arrangement – tell us when you book so we send a suitable car and a driver who is happy to carry them. Folding wheelchairs, walkers and mobility scooters that fold go in the boot at no extra charge; if you need a wheelchair-accessible vehicle or extra time at pick-up, say so when booking and we will confirm availability before you pay. Rail step-free status changes when lifts are out of service – check the station page or book Passenger Assist (ideally 2 hours ahead); on TfL you can turn up and go.
