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October 05, 2004
Prestige Taxi To Begin Operations 28 November
Prestige Taxi, the newly launched subsidiary of TransitFirst, the holding company of BusTrans, will begin operations on 28 November. For a start, 200 brand-new Mercedes-Benz E270CDI and Renault Megane taxis will be placed on the roads in an attractive black livery.
Prestige Taxi will also provide a GPS-based satellite system for taxi booking. The booking hotline is 6 554 7777.
Tariffs for Prestige Taxi are listed below.
Flag-down rate : S$ 2.40 for the first 1.5km
Every 225m for the first 10km : $ 0.10
Every 200m thereafter : $ 0.10
Every 30s of waiting : $ 0.10
Peak hour surcharge : $ 1.00
Midnight surcharge : 50% of total metered fare
Booking fee : $3.20
Another 200 taxis will be placed on the roads by the end of February 2005.
BusTrans Media Centre | 17:16
