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Author:  captain cab [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 12:21 pm ]
Post subject:  North Kesteven taxi fares rise
North Kesteven taxi fares rise, but still below national average


Taxi fares in North Kesteven will increase for the first time since 2008, but they’ll remain at a rate lower than the national average.

Local drivers successfully submitted three proposals to increase fares to North Kesteven District Council.

Hackney carriage operators proposed a 50 pence increase on all starting tariffs, a 10 pence per mile increase or an inflationary increase across the board.

NKDC introduced changes to the maximum tariffs that incorporated these proposals.

There are three rates, which apply:
•Tariff 1 – Between 7.30am and 11pm;
•Tariff 2 – Between 11pm and 7.30am, all day Sunday, on Public Holidays, Christmas Eve and New Year’s Eve between 6pm and midnight – charged at 50% above Tariff 1.
•Tariff 3 – On Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day – charged at twice Tariff 1.

The changes increase Tariff 1 by 70 pence over a two-mile journey to £5.60. This includes 50 pence more on the start rate and 10p more per mile. Over ten miles the difference is £1.50 more.

These rates are the maximum a hackney carriage operator can charge and must be displayed in the vehicle.

The new tariffs are now in force after no objections were raised during a consultation period.

NKDC currently licences 65 so-called hackney carriages available to hire in the street and taking passengers from taxi ranks and 188 private-hire operators.

The charges are lower than in Lincoln and East Lindsey and lower than the national average, which is £5.62 for a Tariff 1 two-mile fare.

The council cannot set a fare structure for private hire vehicles – which must be pre-booked and cannot be hailed in the street or at a rank – and in these cases the charges are a matter for individual operators.

Councillor Richard Wright, who has Executive Board responsibility for regulation and enforcement, said the new fares struck a comfortable balance between the needs of the travelling public in North Kesteven and the needs of the vehicle proprietors who are small businesses in the District.

source: http://thelincolnite.co.uk/2014/12/nort ... l-average/
Author:  captain cab [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 12:22 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kesteven taxi fares rise
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North Kesteven


as if such a place exists :roll:
Author:  grandad [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:36 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kesteven taxi fares rise
captain cab wrote:
Quote:
North Kesteven


as if such a place exists :roll:

Lincolnshire have some strange names for their districts. North Kesteven, South Kesteven, East Lindsey and West Lindsey just to give you 4 of them.
Maybe you can remember Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven?
Author:  trotskys twin [ Fri Dec 19, 2014 4:47 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kesteven taxi fares rise
grandad wrote:
captain cab wrote:
Quote:
North Kesteven


as if such a place exists :roll:

Lincolnshire have some strange names for their districts. North Kesteven, South Kesteven, East Lindsey and West Lindsey just to give you 4 of them.
Maybe you can remember Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven?



who could forget that fekking fascist OAR #-o #-o
Author:  Sussex [ Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:57 am ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kesteven taxi fares rise
captain cab wrote:
•Tariff 2 – all day Sunday, on Public Holidays – charged at 50% above Tariff 1.

Is that wise? :-k
Author:  jimbo [ Sun Dec 21, 2014 6:30 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: North Kesteven taxi fares rise
captain cab wrote:
Quote:
North Kesteven


as if such a place exists :roll:


Narnia Kesteven is closer
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