Price for taxi services in Istanbul have risen

Price for taxi services in Istanbul have risen, the DHA news agency reported on August 27, 2019. The prices for minibus, taxis and school buses also increased.

A meeting held at the Transport Coordination Center of Istanbul Municipality (UKOME), at which a new tariff for Istanbul taxi services set.

Eyüp Aksu, President of the Istanbul Taxi Driver Chamber, has announced that new taxi fares 25% higher than the previous prices. Aksu noted that the last fare increase was 2 years ago, in 2017.

According to new tariffs, the cost of taxi landing increased from 4TL to 5TL.

The cost of one kilometer way – from 2.50TL to 3.10TL. 

Bus services price for 0-1 kilometers increased from 215TL to 243TL. The farthest distance up to 25 kilometers increased from 525TL to 580TL.

Reported that at the UKOME meeting also decided to increase the fare in a fixed-route taxi by 20% and in school service buses by 13%.