Transport for LondonFare Tariff - PCO Notice 05/04
Revisions to the taxi tariff, approved by the Transport for London Board on 11 February 04, come into effect from Saturday 3 April 2004. These include a cost of living increase and other changes requested by the taxi trade.
Key points are as follows:
- The average Tariff 1 (weekdays 6am-8pm) fare will increase by 2.8% in line with the cost index that takes into account taxi operating costs and increases in national average earnings.
- Tariffs 2 and 3 (covering late evenings, nights and weekends) will also increase by an average 2.8% plus an additional 12p per journey, bringing the average increase at these times to about 4%.
- £1 extra charge for journeys within London that start at Heathrow Airport.
- No change to the minimum fare of £2.
- No change to the supplementary charges for Christmas and New Year.
- No change to the telephone booking charge of up to £2.
- No change to the soiling charge of up to £40.
The additional 12p on Tariffs 2 and 3 is in recognition that last April's tariff revision under-compensated drivers working largely during the Tariff 2 and 3 periods for the withdrawal of separate extra charges. 28p was allowed in all tariff periods last year, but subsequent analysis showed the average actually charged during Tariffs 2 and 3 had been higher than this by up to 12p. The extra 12p together with the 28p already included in the fare for every journey undertaken at Tariff 2 and 3 will bring the total compensation in these periods to 40p, equal to the previous charge for one extra passenger.
The £1 for journeys starting at Heathrow Airport may only be charged on metered journeys within Greater London. The £1 is, in effect, a contribution from customers towards the airport charges incurred by drivers for serving the Heathrow ranks and providing the information and booking desks at the Heathrow terminals. The £1 extra charge will increase the average fare for Heathrow journeys terminating within Greater London by about 3%. Some 1% of licensed taxi journeys start at Heathrow Airport and so the extra charge will increase the London-wide average taxi fare by 0.1%.
Altogether, these changes will increase the average fare across the whole week by 3.4%, broadly in line with the annual increase in UK average earnings.
These changes represent a balanced package, which are fair to both drivers and passengers.
Attached is a table showing example fares under the current and new taxi tariffs. The new fares and tariffs table can be found at www.tfl.gov.uk/pco.
Roy Ellis
Head of the Public Carriage Office
Example Fares
| Journey length |
Tariff 1 | Tariff 2 | Tariff 3 | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles | Current | New | Change | Current | New | Change | Current | New | Change |
|
Minimum |
£2.00 |
£2.00 |
0.0% |
£2.00 |
£2.00 |
0.0% |
£2.00 |
£2.00 |
0.0% |
|
0.5 |
£2.60 |
£2.60 |
0.0% |
£2.80 |
£2.80 |
0.0% |
£3.00 |
£3.20 |
6.7% |
|
1.0 |
£3.40 |
£3.60 |
5.9% |
£3.80 |
£4.00 |
5.3% |
£4.40 |
£4.60 |
4.5% |
|
1.5 |
£4.40 |
£4.40 |
0.0% |
£5.00 |
£5.20 |
4.0% |
£5.80 |
£6.00 |
3.4% |
|
2.0 |
£5.20 |
£5.40 |
3.8% |
£6.00 |
£6.20 |
3.3% |
£7.20 |
£7.40 |
2.8% |
|
2.5 |
£6.20 |
£6.40 |
3.2% |
£7.20 |
£7.40 |
2.8% |
£8.40 |
£8.80 |
4.8% |
|
3.0 |
£7.00 |
£7.20 |
2.9% |
£8.20 |
£8.60 |
4.9% |
£9.80 |
£10.20 |
4.1% |
|
3.5 |
£8.00 |
£8.20 |
2.5% |
£9.20 |
£9.60 |
4.3% |
£11.20 |
£11.60 |
3.6% |
|
4.0 |
£8.80 |
£9.00 |
2.3% |
£10.40 |
£10.80 |
3.8% |
£12.60 |
£13.00 |
3.2% |
|
4.5 |
£9.80 |
£10.00 |
2.0% |
£11.40 |
£12.00 |
5.3% |
£13.80 |
£14.40 |
4.3% |
|
5.0 |
£10.60 |
£11.00 |
3.8% |
£12.60 |
£13.00 |
3.2% |
£15.20 |
£15.80 |
3.9% |
|
6.0 |
£12.40 |
£12.80 |
3.2% |
£14.80 |
£15.40 |
4.1% |
£18.00 |
£18.60 |
3.3% |
|
7.0 |
£15.00 |
£15.40 |
2.7% |
£17.20 |
£18.00 |
4.7% |
£20.40 |
£21.20 |
3.9% |
|
8.0 |
£17.40 |
£18.00 |
3.4% |
£19.80 |
£20.60 |
4.0% |
£23.00 |
£23.80 |
3.5% |
|
9.0 |
£20.00 |
£20.60 |
3.0% |
£22.20 |
£23.20 |
4.5% |
£25.40 |
£26.60 |
4.7% |
|
10.0 |
£22.40 |
£23.20 |
3.6% |
£24.80 |
£25.80 |
4.0% |
£28.00 |
£29.20 |
4.3% |
|
11.0 |
£25.00 |
£26.00 |
4.0% |
£27.20 |
£28.60 |
5.1% |
£30.40 |
£31.80 |
4.6% |
|
12.0 |
£27.40 |
£28.60 |
4.4% |
£29.80 |
£31.20 |
4.7% |
£32.80 |
£34.40 |
4.9% |
|
13.0 |
£30.00 |
£31.20 |
4.0% |
£32.20 |
£33.80 |
5.0% |
£35.40 |
£37.00 |
4.5% |
|
14.0 |
£32.40 |
£33.80 |
4.3% |
£34.80 |
£36.40 |
4.6% |
£37.80 |
£39.60 |
4.8% |
|
15.0 |
£35.00 |
£36.40 |
4.0% |
£37.20 |
£39.00 |
4.8% |
£40.40 |
£42.20 |
4.5% |
|
16.0 |
£37.40 |
£39.00 |
4.3% |
£39.60 |
£41.60 |
5.1% |
£42.80 |
£45.00 |
5.1% |
|
18.0 |
£42.40 |
£44.20 |
4.2% |
£44.60 |
£46.80 |
4.9% |
£47.80 |
£50.20 |
5.0% |
|
20.0 |
£47.40 |
£49.60 |
4.6% |
£49.60 |
£52.20 |
5.2% |
£52.80 |
£55.40 |
4.9% |
All example fares assume entire journey charged on distance rates
