Ashwood’s ride, already sorted.Ashwood taxis to Melbourne Airport.
A booked driver, a fixed fare you see before you pay, and a clean hybrid at your door — to Tullamarine, Chadstone, the Medical Centre, Holmesglen TAFE, or the city. No surge. No guessing. No app roulette.
Your exact fixed fare, in under a minute.
Enter pickup and drop-off and your exact fixed fare appears before you confirm — locked, the fare you see is the fare you pay. No meter, no surge, no traffic surcharge.
Need help now? Call 1300 012 018 or message us on WhatsApp. Cleaner ride, same price — about 9 in 10 of our cars are hybrid or electric.
Fare Estimate
Get your fixed price instantly — no surge, no surprises
All prices include GST. No hidden fees.
The fare you see is the fare you pay.
It removes the single biggest taxi anxiety — not knowing the cost. Here’s how it works, every trip.
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 Warrigal Road or the Monash Freeway. The fare you see is the fare you pay.
You're matched, not gambled
A real driver is assigned to your trip — not auto-dispatched and hoped for.
A suburb named by its neighbours.
Ashwood’s name tells you exactly where it is — coined by blending its two neighbours, Ashburton and Burwood, because it sits right between them. It’s a planned post-war suburb: built largely in the 1950s as the Housing Commission’s Jordanville estate, in cream brick and concrete prefabricated just down the road at Holmesglen, before “Ashwood” took over from “Jordanville” around 1956.
Today it’s an established, leafy, well-connected suburb of around 7,150 — quietly central, with Gardiners Creek and its trails along the north, Holmesglen TAFE on the edge, and Chadstone just minutes away.
~7,150
people in a leafy, central suburb
1952
the heritage-listed Boyd igloos
~33 km
to the airport — a short Monash run
3
edge stations ring the suburb
Well-served for the commute — just not from its own centre.
Ashwood is one of the better-connected suburbs in Monash, but it has no station of its own. The Glen Waverley line runs along its southern edge, so three stations ring the suburb — handy for the city commute. But a station on the edge still can’t do the trips that matter most.
The early flight with luggage
Door to terminal, no walk to a platform before dawn.
The Chadstone run with the shopping
Dropped at the entrance, no circling the car park.
The hospital trip to Monash Medical Centre
Door to door for someone who can't manage stairs.
The late night, the group of five, the account trip
Door to door, on a fixed fare, whenever you need it.
That’s the gap ME CABS fills — not a replacement for a handy line, the answer for everything it can’t carry.
Your trip, sorted — start to finish.
Booking takes about a minute, and once it’s done, it’s done — a fixed fare, a confirmation in writing, and a driver who turns up. Your ride is sorted.
- 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, a Chadstone entrance, Holmesglen TAFE or the station.
- 4
Ride.
Clean hybrid, known price, no meter anxiety on Warrigal Road or the Monash Freeway.
- 5
Arrive.
Pay the fare you were quoted. Receipt to your account. Done.
≈35 min
Ashwood → MEL
Land early or late, your driver already knows. No surge on a delayed flight.
One of the shorter airport runs in Monash.
Ashwood sits close in — roughly 33 km and 35–40 minutes off-peak via the Monash Freeway and CityLink to Tullamarine. We watch your flight, build in a buffer, and set your fixed fare before you book — no early-morning surge. Avalon (AVV) too, on the same fixed-fare basis.
Ashwood → airport: no early-morning surge
Airport → Ashwood: flight-tracked, no scramble
Early-morning & late-night pickups
Help with bags, door to door
The Boyd igloos & Chadstone on the doorstep.
The Robin Boyd “igloos”
Ashwood’s quiet claim to fame sits on High Street Road: a row of unusual parabolic-concrete “igloo” shops, designed in 1952 by the celebrated architect Robin Boyd as an economical post-war building method, and now listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. A reminder that this planned 1950s suburb has more character than it’s given credit for — and a neat bit of local trivia for the trip home.
Chadstone & the everyday reach
Then there’s the location. Chadstone — the biggest shopping centre in the country — is minutes up Warrigal Road, and ME CABS does the run with the arms full of bags and no parking circles. Add The Glen at Glen Waverley, Ashburton’s shops, the city in about 20 minutes, and the Gardiners Creek trail for a greener day — all on a fixed fare agreed before you leave.
A short, familiar run to the health precinct.
Monash Medical Centre and the new Victorian Heart Hospital in Clayton are a short run from Ashwood, with Waverley Private (Mount Waverley) closer still. For appointments, day procedures, discharge pickups and visiting family, a booked, fixed-fare car removes the two hardest parts — timing and uncertainty.
ME CABS provides non-emergency patient and visitor transport — for emergencies always call 000.
Book ahead for appointments
The car is there for your appointment time — not hoped for.
Discharge pickup
When you're ready, door to door, no platform or stairs.
Accessible vehicles
Wheelchair-accessible and mobility-friendly vehicles on request.
Quiet, clean hybrids
Easier on anyone who isn't feeling well.
Beside Holmesglen TAFE and the Chadstone offices.
Ashwood is mostly residential, but it sits beside real demand: Holmesglen TAFE on its edge, the Chadstone office towers minutes away, and the wider Monash Technology Precinct a short drive east. ME CABS covers the everyday family trips and the work airport run — with Cabcharge accepted on every trip, alongside card and cash, a fixed fare shown before you book, and accessible vehicles on request.
Part of the City of Monash — see the Monash council hub.
Holmesglen TAFE
Staff and student movements on the edge of the suburb.
Chadstone offices
The office towers minutes up Warrigal Road.
Cabcharge accepted
Alongside card and cash, with an itemised receipt.
Predictable fixed fares
Reconciles cleanly on every trip record.
When getting there matters, the difference shows.
| 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 |
| Maxi / group & mobility | Booked to suit | Limited | Limited |
The contrast is booked-driver certainty: a confirmed driver at a price locked before you travel, the runs others decline, Cabcharge handled properly — and a booking you can actually see and change afterwards.
Ashwood, and the well-connected corner around it.
Ashwood is our anchor in this pocket of Monash, and we run the same fixed-fare service across the surrounding suburbs. It sits in the City of Monash — see the hub and the sibling suburb pages as they roll out.
Ashwood
You are hereOur well-placed anchor
Ashburton
One half of the name
Malvern East
Door-to-door, fixed fare
Glen Iris
Gardiners Creek & the trails
Holmesglen
TAFE on the edge
Jordanville
The original estate name
One booking. The right vehicle for the trip.
The booking is capacity-based — choose by how many people and bags you have, and we’ll match the car to the trip.
Flex
The everyday Ashwood ride
Sedan for 1–4 — airport, Chadstone, city, appointments.
Plus
More room or premium comfort
Extra luggage, business travel, that bit of space.
Group
Maxi for up to 11
Families, sports teams, group airport runs, a Chadstone day out.
Accessible
Mobility needs
Wheelchair-accessible and mobility vehicles on request, subject to availability.
Our fleet — about 9 in 10 hybrid & electric
Primarily Tesla and Lexus hybrids — cleaner, quieter and more comfortable than an older cab — plus wheelchair-accessible and mobility vehicles on request. A greener ride that doesn’t cost you certainty.
Green along the creeks.
Ashwood’s green runs along its creeks — the Gardiners Creek and Scotchmans Creek trails, the reserves and sports grounds. 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.
A number, not a slogan — run your trip and see the real estimated emissions for a hybrid versus an older cab.
Carbon Savings Calculator
See how much CO₂ you save by choosing ME CABS over a petrol car
The trips we handle every week.
Illustrative of the journeys we want to feature — real, permissioned customer stories will replace these as they are collected.
The early flight
Ashwood → Tullamarine
The station's handy for work, useless at 4am. Booked the night before, driver at the door, fixed fare straight to the terminal.
Book a trip like thisThe Chadstone day
Ashwood
Took mum to Chadstone for her birthday. Dropped at the door, picked up with all the bags, no parking circles and a fare that never moved.
Book a trip like thisThe hospital run
Ashwood → Clayton
Regular trips to Monash Medical Centre with dad. Same kind of car, door to door, no stairs, always on time.
Book a trip like thisThe TAFE & account trip
Holmesglen
Staff and student movements around Holmesglen and the Chadstone offices — Cabcharge, itemised trips, the same professional drivers.
Book a trip like thisAlready booked? You’re not left in the dark.
View, change or cancel — three ways to stay in control of your trip.
For a suburb this well-placed, the last thing you want is to lose the morning to parking at Chadstone or a pre-dawn scramble to a station. There’s a particular calm in knowing the car is already coming. It’s booked. It’s a fixed price. It’s a clean, quiet car.
Your ride is sorted — see you soon.
Ashwood taxi & transfer questions, answered.
Can’t find what you’re looking for? Call the Melbourne dispatch on 1300 012 018.