A taxi rank in Matogrande MARCOS MGUEZ
Every time a chorus returns home by taxi after a night out, they save two euros compared to one Compostela. Between Tele Taxi and Radio Taxi there is no consensus when it comes to raising prices, and this benefits the user
15 mar 2023 . Updated at 3:04 p.m.
The shadow of the VTCs was long in 2018. In A Corua, the taxi sector was restless, waiting to find out what the irruption of Uber and Cabify would bring to the city, once they had taken over part of the traditional users of taxis in large capitals. The truth is that the fear remained in borage water with the passage of time, when verifying that Uber is neither there nor expected —the company left Galicia in 2021 due to regional regulations that it was not profitable for them to abide by— and Cabify had or three cars. The accounts are drawn up by Ricardo Villamisar, president of Tele Taxiwho leads a group that is opposed to raising the prices of this transport service precisely because, since things are going well, you don’t have to take risks with the rates. At the opposite extreme is Radio Taxifrom where they advocate increase the cost of travel. But there must be consensus between both organizations.
As it is, the data of a facua report where the 2022 rates of 57 Spanish cities are compared. Except for the lowering of the flag, 4 euros during the day and 4.50 euros at night, A Corua has the cheapest prices of all the large Galician cities. Urban rates —once you leave the city the price is homogeneous— have been frozen for several years, while in other parts of Galicia they have been updated; that’s why It is much cheaper to go home from a party in a taxi in A Corua than in Santiago, because in a journey of 5 kilometers a customer saves almost two euros. In Compostela it costs 7.92 euros and, in Herculean lands, 9.62 euros. The most abysmal difference, however, is found when comparing both cities if one travels 10 kilometers in a taxi at night. This distance, already long, leaves in the Galician capital for 16.62 euros and, in A Corua, the rate is 13.92 euros.
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The fact that the associations are castled in different positions benefits the user. And someone or other must intuit that taking a taxi in this city is a bargain. At least, it is if you review the rates in the rest of the country, since in cities like Tarragona or San Sebastián the minimum ride costs 5.33 euros. Lthe demand for taxis, once the pandemic was over, skyrocketed returning to 2019 levels, comments Antonio Vzquez, president of Radio Taxi. Although for many citizens of the city there is an unusual shortage of vehicles. This situation plagues countless conversations and, nevertheless, Vzquez responds emphatically: A Corua is one of the cities that has the most taxis; It would correspond to about 340 and there are more than 500.
It is important to be smart when choosing a stop. Vázquez himself admits it. Taxi drivers don’t have a predilection for one stop or another, but there are some that they can see without turning aside, and then they check if they have people waiting or not. If they see a queue, they are already going there. It refers, in particular, to the Plaza de Ourense, Plaza de Pontevedra and Plaza de Espaa. He says of them that even though they are very busy stops, the queues tend to go quite fast.
Urban rates in A Corua
- Day flag drop: 4 euros
- Lowering of the flag at night: 4.50 euros
- 5 kilometer journey (daytime): 6.60 euros
- 5 kilometer journey (at night): 7.92 euros
- 10 kilometer journey (daytime): 11.60 euros
- 10 kilometer journey (at night): 13.92 euros
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