uberPOOL service expanded to include all of zones 1 and 2 plus Heathrow Airport

uberPOOL: the service is being expanded
Uber
Hannah Al-Othman2 June 2016

Car-giant Uber has expanded it's car sharing service to cover the whole of zones one and two, as well as Heathrow Airport.

From this week onwards, the company has more than doubled the area where passengers can request an uberPOOL trip - beyond central London only and out to areas including Hackney, Hammersmith and Holloway, Peckham, Putney and Poplar.

The new POOL area covers all of zones 1 and 2, as well as Heathrow Airport.

uberPOOL matches riders who are heading in the same direction at the same time, which means cheaper journeys for passengers, while allowing drivers to pick up more fares.

Since the service launched in the capital in December hundreds of thousands of uberPOOL trips have already been taken in London.

However, these were previously restricted to central London only.

The company says it has expanded the service to help ease congestion and pollution in the capital.

To promote the new uberPOOL zone, the company is offering £5 flat fares to those using the services this week and next.

Regardless of the distance and time taken, car-sharing trips which start and end in the new coverage area - excluding Heathrow - will all cost £5 when passengers start their trip between 5pm and midnight on weekdays until June 10.

Tom Elvidge, General Manager of Uber in London, said: “The more people share their Uber journey with another Londoner the more we can help to reduce congestion and air pollution in our city.

"That’s why we’re expanding uberPOOL and giving more Londoners the option to leave their own car at home and share an Uber to get from A to B instead. Getting more people into fewer cars is what uberPOOL is all about and why we want more Londoners to try it out.”

Uber users should enter the code ‘POOLFIVER’ into the app to take advantage of the promotion.

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