• Public Taxi Ranks – Situated at Back Wynd, Chapel Street, Dee Street and Hadden Street.  Only taxis with Yellow Plates may sit at these ranks.
• Casual Street Hires – Only taxis with Yellow Plates may pick up casual passengers from the street.  Taxis with Red or Green plates cannot operate from public ranks or from the street.
• Airport Private Ranks – Situated opposite the main airport terminal and at Bristow’s heliport.  Only taxis with Green Plates may sit at these ranks, for which they pay a special permit fee to the airport authority.  Where taxis with Yellow or Red plates have pre-booked hires within the airport area, they must locate passengers at separate pick up points, away from the airport ranks.
• Railway Private Ranks – Situated in front of the railway station.  Only taxis with a special permit purchased from the railway authority may sit at this rank.  Taxis without a permit cannot sit at this rank but when the rank is empty and passengers are waiting, they may pick up passengers.

The appropriate licence plates must be displayed on each taxi on each taxi vehicle.