The Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) no longer publish taxi driving test routes for public viewing.
Detailed below are the taxi test routes for Longbenton Driving Test Centre. The taxi test routes are developed by examiners for those who wish to take the hackney carriage (black cab) or private hire taxi test.
The taxi test routes may have altered as this is down to the discretion of the examiner, or they may remain similar or possibly identical. Routes can also change on a daily basis due to road or traffic conditions. Taxi test routes are for Longbenton, routes 1 to 2.
Use the test routes below to form a knowledge base for the various types of roads and traffic systems that you will encounter during the DVSA taxi test. Only use the routes as guidance for basing a representation of the types of roads and traffic systems to expect.
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Glossary:
- EOR – End of Road
- T/L – Traffic Lights
- TTC – Taxi Test Centre
| Name of Taxi Test Centre | Longbenton |
|---|---|
| Type of Test Route | Taxi |
| Name/ Number of Road | Direction |
| Taxi Test Route Number | 1 |
| TTC | EOR left |
| Whitley Rd | T/L left |
| Coach Lane / Red Hall Drive | T/L left |
| Coast Rd | 2 nd exit, roundabout right |
| Churchill St | T/L right |
| Tynemouth Rd / Rose Hill Bank | Roundabout left |
| Wagon Way | Roundabout right |
| Hadrian Rd | T/L right |
| Station Rd | T/L right |
| High St West | T/L left |
| Park Rd / Kings Rd | Mini roundabout ahead |
| Kings Rd South | Roundabout right |
| Station Rd | 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout Left |
| Whitley Rd | Left |
| Marquis Close | |
| TTC | |
| Taxi Test Route Number | 2 |
| TTC | EOR right |
| Whitley Rd | Roundabout right |
| Station Rd | 3 x roundabout ahead, roundabout right |
| Coast Rd | T/L left |
| Heaton Rd | 2 x T/L ahead, T/L right |
| Cardigan Terrace | 2 nd right |
| Heaton Park Rd / Warwick St | Roundabout right |
| Portland Rd | T/L right |
| Sandyford Rd | T/L right |
| Jesmond Rd | T/L ahead, T/L Left |
| Newton Rd | Roundabout ahead |
| Cleveland Gardens | Right |
| Stanley Grove | 2 nd left |
| Derwentdale Gardens | EOR right |
| Dovedale Gardens | 4 th left |
| Benton Rd | Roundabout right |
| Front St / Whitley Rd | 2 nd right |
| Marquis Close | |
| TTC |