Hackney carriage fares set to increase in Oldham for first time in a decade to support taxi trade
manchestereveningnews.co.ukHackney carriage fares are set to increase in Oldham at the request of drivers, who say they need prices to rise to support the trade.
Fares in the borough have remained ‘static’ since 2012, despite the trade having seen an increase in costs related to licensing, maintaining and running a taxi, a report to cabinet states.
The trade has requested that the council review the fares they are allowed to charge in order to ‘mitigate those costs’. Taxi drivers had been able to charge a minimum journey cost of £1.60, with 20p for each 45 seconds waiting and 15p for every further 123 yards travelled until midnight, when fares would rise. READ MORE: BREAKING: Manchester OUT of race to host 2023 Eurovision Song Contest The proposed fares increase would see the minimum rise by 10p to £1.70, with the minimum distance reduced.
The number of yards travelled after that for the meter to tick over would also be reduced to 117 yards, which would now cost 20p.
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