This informs the general public of the different types of Public Passenger Vehicle (PPV) Licences that the Transport Authority in Jamaica issues.

1. WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT
TYPES OF PPV LICENSES
IN JAMAICA?
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2. TYPES OF PPV LICENSES
When applying for your Public Passenger Vehicle
(PPV) License, you have to know which one you
are applying for. There are five (5) types:
 Route Taxis
 Hackney Carriages
 Contract Carriage
 Stage Carriage
 Express Carriage

3. ROUTE TAXI
A Route Taxi may carry passengers paying
separate fares along a designated route and can
stop to pick up or let off passenger along the route.
Route taxis must have 10 seats or less.

4. HACKNEY CARRIAGE
A Hackney Carriage is a vehicle used for carrying
passengers for hire or reward and which stands
or plies for hire on thoroughfares or places
frequented by the public. The vehicle should carry
no more than three passengers who should be
traveling together.
Owners of taxis, whilst operating a taxi service,
are not permitted to use bus stops or terminals as
these are designated for the use of stage and
express carriage only.

5. CONTRACT CARRIAGE
A Contract Carriage is a vehicle used for carrying
passengers for hire or reward under an expressed or
implied contract, for the use of the vehicle as a whole and
for an agreed rate or sum. The vehicle must not stand or
ply for hire on any road or in any place which is in public
view or to which the public may have access, unless that
road or place is designated as one which may be used for
standing or plying for hiring passengers.
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6. STAGE CARRIAGE
A Stage Carriage is a vehicle used for carrying
passengers for hire or reward, at separate fares for each
passenger, and which travels stage by stage along a
designated route, by stopping to pick up or set down
passengers at designated stops along the route. The
vehicle must have a seating accommodation for no less
than eleven (11) passengers.
The law also requires that all stage carriages must
exhibit at the front and rear of the vehicle, the origin and
destination of the route for which it is licensed. The
person who is the holder of a license to use the vehicle
as a stage carriage may also use it as a contract or as
an express carriage.

7. EXPRESS CARRIAGE
An Express Carriage is a vehicle used for carrying
passengers for hire or reward, at separate fares for each
passenger and for a journey from one or more points
specified in advance to one or more destinations. The
vehicles must have a seating accommodation for no less
than eleven (11) passengers.
All express carriage must exhibit at the front and rear the
origin and destination of the journey for which it is
licensed.

8. More information can be found on the Transport
Authority website at: http://www.ta.org.jm
You may also contact the Licensing & Customer
Relations Department Toll free: 1-888-991-5687 or
926-8912 Digicel Line: 618-0959