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Black cabs to stop charging fees on card payments


Black cab passengers will no longer be charged a fee for paying by card.

Credit and debit card users were previously faced with a surcharge of £1 or 10 per cent - whichever was greater - in London taxis.

The move means passengers will be charged the amount shown on the meter whatever their payment method, Transport for London said.

It comes some months before all black cabs will be required to accept card payments. That will happen from October following a decision by TfL.

Transport bosses claim taxi drivers are being compensated for the cost of accepting cards by the minimum fare being increased by 20 pence, bringing it to £2.60.

Garrett Emmerson, TfL's chief operating officer for surface transport, said: "We are pleased to be able to reduce the cost for taxi passengers paying by card, as people now use them in every aspect of their lives.

"The acceptance of these types of payments in all taxis from October will be a huge plus for Londoners, visitors and drivers."

source: http://www.standard.co.uk/news/transpor ... 18846.html

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

"The acceptance of these types of payments in all taxis from October will be a huge plus for Londoners, visitors and drivers."

No because the drivers will have to pay the fairly hefty fees you get charged by the credit card companies this is for the benefit of the banks not the drivers

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lack of modern legislation is the iceberg sinking the titanic of the transport sector

quite funny though

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Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.
George Carlin

They only have to have one , not actually use one, sorry no signal

I would think that London has full mobile coverage not like the Borders.

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Grandad,

How hefty is hefty?

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Note to self: Just because it pops into my head does NOT mean it should come out of my mouth!!