Swansea Council agrees to taxi fare rise
Evening Post: 27 September 2007
Taxi fares in Swansea are to go up after the council agreed to a request from cabbies to alter their prices.The Swansea No.1 Branch of the Railway Maritime and Transport Workers Union (RMT) submitted a request on behalf of its members who are Hackney carriage owners to increase fares for the first time since November 2005.
The changes mean that from 6am until 10pm passengers pay £1.50 for the first 285 yards, where they currently pay £1.50 for the first 302 yards. After that the charge would be 25p for each subsequent 285 yards or part thereof.
Between 10pm and 6am, the tariff changes would mean that passengers pay £1.70 for the first 285 yards and 30p for each subsequent 285 yards. Currently the charge after 1pm is £1.70 for the first 302 yards and 30p for each subsequent 302 yards.
If the changes go ahead, a journey of two miles, from Swansea to Tycoch for example, would cost £4.50 between 6am and 10pm, where it is currently £4.25.