Newcomers' Guide for taxis

last SG · 2005-11-07T19:50:42+00:00

To cater the popularity and the demand of Singapore taxis, currently there are 7 taxi companies, a group of private operators and a cross-border taxi organiz...

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WELCOME to the Singapore Taxis Forum.. Feel free to look around, explore and post any questions..

Enjoy your stay at Singapore Taxis Forum..
For photos of taxis, both currently used and those not seen on the roads anymore, please Click Here
Have a good day!

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General Information of Singapore Taxis

Total overall Fleet : 20,407

All are fitted with meters;
All are airconditioned; About 90% of taxis have radiophones;
Call booking is done via GPS or digital voice despatch
Daily trips : about 588,632

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As you can see, there are currently 5 taxi operators, namely ComfortDelgro, SMRT Taxis, SMART Automobiles, Union Energy and Premier Taxis.

SMART Automobiles, Union Energy and Premier Taxis are the taxi industry's 3 newest and youngest players.

ComfortDelgro operates Comfort, Yellow Top Cab, Citycab, Presido, Souverign, STTA, Maxi Cab.

SMRT operates SMRT Taxis, Prestige, London Cabs.

SMART Automobiles operates SMART cabs.

Union Energy operates Transcab.

Premier Taxis operates Silvercab.

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for the fare breakdown, please refer below. currently, no website for SMART Cab

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Moderator=SGEMP edit:

1) URL Link to TRANSCAB is available. Please refer to last few posts of the Newcomers' Guide for taxis.

2) the standard fare breakdown is available here: http://www.visitsingapore.com/publish/stbportal/en/home/getting_around/transportation/taxis.html

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hmm..what a good idea..

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ceecookie SG

may i kow whats the diff between the Mark 1 and 2 of the Crown? and btw the cedric have a older model rite? coz i saw one diff cedric that the headlights were upside down instead of the normal one seen here...and it look old and bulky.....

and is the (something) morris still used here.....my uncle told me that last time got this 1000cc Diesel Taxi on the road...now have anot?

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Something like this..

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SMART Automobile Pte Ltd
1301, Bedok North Ave 4, Singapore 489945

TransCab Services Pte Ltd
17, Defu Lane 12
Singapore 539125

Premier Taxi Pte Ltd
271 Bukit Timah Road
#03-05, Balmoral Plaza
Singapore 259708

SMRT Taxis Pte Ltd
60, Woodlands industrial park E4
Singapore 757705

Citycab Pte Ltd
302, Sin Ming Road
Singapore 575717

Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd & Yellowtop Cab Pte Ltd
383, Sin Ming Drive
Singapore 575717

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SKODAs are added to SMART's fleet of 500 cabs wef 04 August 2005!

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600 new "green" Mercedes Cabs to be indtroduced!

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Current Fleet Size:
Total Taxi Population: about 23,000

Comfort: 10,692 cabs
Yellow Top Cab: 1,090 cabs
Citycab: approx 4,900 cabs
SMRT: approx 3,000 cabs
Premier/ SilverCab: 800 cabs
Transcab: 1,314 cabs
SMART cab: approx 600 cabs
STTA: approx 700 cabs

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Originally posted by Volvo Olympian:

SILVERCAB operated by Premier Taxis
Toyota Crown
Nissan Cedric
Skoda Superb
Mercedes Benz
Silverline: 6363 6888
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SilverCab DOES NOT operate Skoda Superb taxis. The only variant of taxi they operate other than Toyota Crowns and Nissan Cedrics are the "SilverStar" Mercedes-Benz E220CDIs.