Wantirna’s ride,
already sorted.Wantirna to Melbourne Airport, fixed fare.
A booked driver, a fixed fare you see before you pay, and a clean hybrid at your door — to Knox Private Hospital, the airport, an appointment, or the city. Accessible vehicles on request. No surge. No guessing. No app roulette.
Home of Knox Private Hospital
On Mountain Highway — the east's major private hospital.
A “gurgling stream” name
A Woi Wurrung word, chosen 1913 — on Dandenong Creek.
The Australian Jazz Museum
The national jazz archive, in Koomba Park.
No station — EastLink through it
The closest Knox suburb to the city & airport.
CPVV-licensed
Commercial passenger vehicle accredited
Fixed fares
Set before you book · no surge
Cabcharge accepted
Alongside card & cash
~90% hybrid / electric
Tesla & Lexus hybrids
Booked drivers
Assigned, not dispatch-and-hope
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Or book online in under a minute
The fare you see is the fare you pay.
You see it first
Enter pickup and drop-off. Your price is set and shown before you book — tolls and GST included.
It doesn't move
No surge at 5pm. No meter creep on Mountain Highway or EastLink. The fare you see is the fare you pay — helpful when you're budgeting a hospital trip.
You're matched, not gambled
A real driver is assigned to your trip — not auto-dispatched and hoped for.
A “gurgling stream”, and the east’s hospital.
Wantirna takes its name from the land’s first people: it’s a Woi Wurrung word thought to mean “a gurgling stream”, chosen in 1913 when locals wanted a name of their own. It fits — Dandenong Creek winds along the north and west of the suburb, feeding the big bushland parklands. From an 1840s cattle run called Bushy Park, it grew into a settled, leafy, family suburb of around 14,000.
It also has a quiet claim to fame: in 1963 Wantirna voted 89% for severance — the strongest of any district — and helped create the City of Knox. Today it’s best known for one thing in particular: Knox Private Hospital on Mountain Highway, the major private hospital for the whole eastern suburbs. ME CABS is the calm, fixed-fare way to get to it, and everywhere else.
“A gurgling-stream name, a 1963 vote, and the hospital the whole east comes to — all in one Knox suburb.”
- 1913
- The name adopted
- 89%
- 1963 severance vote
- ~14,237
- A leafy family suburb
- 262 Mtn Hwy
- Knox Private Hospital
There’s a particular calm in knowing the car is already coming — especially on a hospital morning. It’s booked. It’s a fixed price. It’s a clean, quiet car. Your ride is sorted — see you soon.
The whole journey, going right.
Five steps from booking to arrival — a fixed fare, a confirmation in writing, and a driver who turns up at the door.
- 1
Book
Online in under a minute, by phone, or on WhatsApp. Fixed fare shown up front.
- 2
Confirm
You get a booking reference and driver details. Track it from your account.
- 3
Pickup
A booked driver arrives at your door — home, the hospital entrance, Wantirna Mall, or Westfield Knox.
- 4
Ride
Clean hybrid, known price, no meter anxiety on Mountain Highway or EastLink.
- 5
Arrive
Pay the fare you were quoted. Receipt to your account. Done.
No train here — but the freeway runs straight through it.
Wantirna has no railway station — it developed late precisely because the line never reached it. The nearest stations are Bayswater, Boronia and Ferntree Gully on the Belgrave line, a few kilometres east. What Wantirna has instead is the freeway: EastLink runs straight through it, making it the closest Knox suburb to the city and the airport. So a booked car isn’t a fallback here — it’s how a freeway suburb travels.
The hospital trip.
To Knox Private right here, or an appointment — with an accessible vehicle if you need one.
The early flight.
Door to terminal up EastLink — no drive-and-park at a station before dawn.
The run to the train.
Dropped at Bayswater or Boronia for the city commute, picked up at night.
The Westfield run.
Across to Westfield Knox and home again with the shopping.
The late night home.
After the buses stop — the group of five, straight to the door.
The Cabcharge trip.
On a docket, door to door, for a local business or clinic.
That’s the job ME CABS does here — not a substitute for a train that never came, the way a freeway suburb actually gets around.
Our anchor in the west of Knox.
The same fixed-fare service runs across the surrounding suburbs and the wider council.
Wantirna sits in the City of Knox — see the Knox council page for the full picture. Bayswater, Boronia, Knoxfield and Scoresby are our sibling Knox suburbs.
One of the quicker outer-east airport runs.
Wantirna → the airport
Roughly 50 km, about 45 minutes off-peak via EastLink and CityLink to Tullamarine — EastLink runs right through Wantirna, so it’s one of the quicker outer-east airport runs. Flight watched, buffer built in, fixed fare set before you book. No early-morning surge.
The airport → Wantirna
Land, clear the gate, and your booked driver is already arranged. We track the flight, so a delay doesn’t cost you the car. Ride home for the price you were quoted — no scramble at the rank.
Also served: Avalon (AVV) transfers on the same fixed-fare basis.
The difference is booked-driver certainty.
| When you want… | ME CABS | Rideshare app | Hail / rank taxi |
|---|---|---|---|
| A price you can trust | Fixed, shown before booking | Surges without warning | Metered — unknown till arrival |
| A car that turns up at 4am | Booked & assigned ahead | Depends who's online | Pot luck at the rank |
| Cabcharge accepted | Yes | No | Sometimes |
| A clean hybrid / EV | ~90% of the fleet | Whatever arrives | Whatever arrives |
| Accessible / mobility & maxi | Booked to suit | Limited | Limited |
In a hospital suburb, access & simple payment matter more.
With Knox Private Hospital and the medical precinct on Mountain Highway, accessible travel is a real need here. ME CABS provides wheelchair-accessible and mobility vehicles on request, and keeps the payment simple — Cabcharge is accepted on every trip, alongside card and cash, with a fixed fare shown before you book and no card fee on Cabcharge — useful for practices, aged-care and disability providers arranging non-emergency patient and visitor transport.
What Cabcharge covers
- Accessible & mobility vehicles on request
- Cabcharge accepted on every trip, alongside card & cash
- Your fixed fare shown before you book
- No surge and no card fee on Cabcharge
- Non-emergency patient & visitor transport
Knox Private Hospital — right here in Wantirna.
Knox Private Hospital sits on Mountain Highway — the major private hospital for the whole eastern suburbs. People come here from right across the east, and getting to and from a hospital is exactly the trip ME CABS does best. A booked, fixed-fare car takes the two hardest parts out of it — timing and uncertainty.
Appointments & day surgery
Arrive on time, dropped at the right entrance on Mountain Highway.
Discharge
A reliable ride home when you can't drive after a procedure or sedation.
Visiting family
In and home again — no parking fees, no long walk across the car park.
Accessible vehicles
Wheelchair-accessible and mobility vehicles on request, for those who need them.
ME CABS provides non-emergency patient and visitor transport only. For emergencies, always call 000.
There’s more to Wantirna than the hospital.
Green & cultural Wantirna
For a freeway suburb, Wantirna is surprisingly green. Koomba Park — a big native bushland park along Dandenong Creek — runs through it, and it’s home to the Australian Jazz Museum, the national jazz archive, a genuinely unusual thing to find in the suburbs. ME CABS does the easy local runs: a walk along the creek, a visit to the museum, a family day out.
The wider reach
Westfield Knox is right across Burwood Highway in Wantirna South for shopping, dining and a night out, and with EastLink at the door, the city, Frankston and the bay are an easy fixed-fare run — with the Dandenong Ranges a short drive east through Boronia when you want the hills. One agreed price each way, no parking, no toll guesswork.
Choose by how many people and bags.
Flex
Sedan for the everyday Wantirna ride — the hospital, airport, city, appointments.
Plus
Premium comfort or extra luggage — that bit of space.
Group
Maxi for families, visiting groups, group airport runs and a day out. Accessible vehicles on request.
Fleet note
About 9 in 10 ME CABS cars are hybrid or electric — primarily Tesla and Lexus hybrids — plus wheelchair-accessible and mobility vehicles on request.
A number, not a slogan.
Wantirna lives up to its name — the “gurgling stream” of Dandenong Creek and the big bushland of Koomba Park run right through it. Our fleet fits that: about 90% hybrid and electric, so the standard ride is simply the cleaner, quieter one. No badge, no lecture — just the default. Run your trip and see the real estimated emissions versus an older cab.
Curious before you book? Run the trip and see.
Carbon Savings Calculator
See how much CO₂ you save by choosing ME CABS over a petrol car
Illustrative of the journeys we want to feature — real, named, consented Wantirna stories will replace these before launch (hospital details shared only with consent).
The discharge run
WantirnaDay surgery at Knox Private, couldn't drive afterwards. ME CABS was there when I was ready and dropped me at my door. Fixed fare, no fuss.
The visiting run
WantirnaVisiting mum at Knox Private every day. A booked car beats the parking fees and the long walk, every single time.
The early flight
WantirnaNo station here, but EastLink's at the door. Booked the night before, driver on time, fixed fare to the terminal.
Wantirna taxi, Knox Private Hospital & airport questions, answered.
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