Taxi prices rise in Jersey

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People getting a taxi in Jersey will have to pay more from today (17 July 2023).

Fares have gone up by roughly 12 per cent, meaning a £20 journey will go up by more than £2.

The rate was put forward by the island's infrastructure minister, Deptuy Tom Binet, at a meeting last week.

The Minister reviews taxi and cab tariffs each year with reference to the Retail Price Index (Taxi) - this is a special index, calculated by Statistics Jersey to reflect the costs of commercial motoring.

New rates are as follows:

  • Tarrif 1 (Monday to Saturday, 7am-11pm): £3.75, plus 29p for every tenth of a mile.

  • Tarrif 2 (Monday to Saturday, 11pm to 7am; all day Sunday; public holidays): £3.85, plus 40p for every tenth of a mile.

  • Tarrif 3: (Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, 7pm to 7am, and from 7pm on New Year’s Eve until 7am on 2 January): £6.61, plus 43p for every tenth of a mile.