"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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On 2013\03\31 17:10, antoine wrote:
When I was in London 40 years ago, taxi fares were cheap. I used to
travel by taxi only short trips in the central area, but I remember
that it was not expensive at all. It was necessary to give a little tip
to the taxi driver otherwise he would say a lot of bad words to you.

How are nowadays the taxi fares? Still the same? Thank you

About 10 times as much as in Delhi, but about half as much as in Zurich.

http://www.priceoftravel.com/555/wor...72-big-cities/

Though completely ignored from that study is whether the fares are regulated
or not

In London they are and you will be guaranteed to pay the same price for any
specific journey whichever cab you jump into -and don't even think about not
getting into the one at the front of the queue

That won't happen in Stockholm where, apart from a requirement to actually
display the price - it is a free for all, so wandering down the queue is
normal (well if you are of the tiny subset paying the fare yourself!).

tim

On 01/04/2013 13:35, tim..... wrote:

"Basil Jet" wrote in message
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On 2013\03\31 17:10, antoine wrote:
When I was in London 40 years ago, taxi fares were cheap. I used to
travel by taxi only short trips in the central area, but I remember
that it was not expensive at all. It was necessary to give a little tip
to the taxi driver otherwise he would say a lot of bad words to you.

How are nowadays the taxi fares? Still the same? Thank you

About 10 times as much as in Delhi, but about half as much as in Zurich.

http://www.priceoftravel.com/555/wor...72-big-cities/


Though completely ignored from that study is whether the fares are
regulated or not

In London they are and you will be guaranteed to pay the same price for
any specific journey whichever cab you jump into -and don't even think
about not getting into the one at the front of the queue

I think that this is fair, though, and I have seen that in other places.