Hung hom harbour tunnel, eastern horbour crossing, and western harbour crossing. Jul 07, 2014 to do this you can stand at a cross harbour taxi rank there are not many, by hailing a taxi by making an arm movement like an ocean wave they will not stop if they dont want to go or just asking your hotel to call a taxi firm with your destination. Three ridehailing apps put to the test in hong kong uber, fly taxi. Since i can claim back the expenses, i requested a receipt but didnt realise the driver issued normal price with the toll fees included in the bill. If the driver takes the tke cross harbour tunnel, the tunnel fee would be hkd 50 less, but the route might get longer. In queensland an equivalent fee known as video matching fee applies. When you catch a taxi and arrive at your destination you are required to pay the metered fare plus any booking fee, tolls or airport charges. You can find a cross harbour taxi stand nearby your home here. There is no legal requirement for drivers to know all the destinations in their allowed area. Surcharge for every hiring involving the use of toll tunnel, toll road or toll area. If youve ever wanted to drive a highspeed yellow car and become an allstar cab driver, try one of our many, free online taxi games. The discovery bay tunnel toll fee is waived for taxis. Your source for credible news and authoritative insights from hong kong, china and the world.
For specific tunnel or route options, please make it clear when placing the order. But then the taxi driver then manually add hkd 100 by pressing. Recent changes to the rules means that you will now. If motorists mistakenly evade the toll after passing through wht, please contact our 24hour customer service hotline at 2302 5888 for further arrangement.
Was formed in october 1998 through the merger of the autopass company limited a 70% owned subsidiary of the crossharbour holdings limited which pioneered the installation of the first electronic toll collection system etc at aberdeen tunnel in june 1992 and the electronic toll systems limited, at the request of the government of the hong kong sar and the motoring public for a uniform. Variable tolls apply to taxi journeys on the sydney harbour bridge and sydney harbour tunnel. The sydney harbour bridge is an australian heritagelisted steel through arch bridge across sydney harbour that carries rail, vehicular, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic between the sydney central business district cbd and the north shore. I took a taxi from wharney guang dong hotel in wanchai to chep lap kok airport terminal 1 on sat, dec 21 at 04. Passengers must pay the toll if a taxi goes through the many hong kong harbour or mountain tunnels or uses the lantau link to tung chung or the airport. After you have entered the start and destination address of the planned taxi ride, our system calculates the. Why the taxi driver always take the far away tunnel page.
Taxi should be around hkd 310 without traffic if taking the western harbour crossing, maybe up to 350 with some waiting time in traffic and plus hkd 5 per bag in the trunk. Drivers will only charge customers nightmidnight surcharge when they pick up at nightmidnight on sunday and public holidays, e. After the crossharbour tunnel opened in october 1974, distinct separate colour. Based on hong kong governments travel characteristics survey, over 90% of the daily journeys are on public transport, the highest rate in the world. The average daily taxi patronage is near 1 million. The success rate was affected by a number of factors including the time for the booking, the distance of the journey, the offer of tipping and its amount, or even the crossharbour tunnel opted. There are extra charges where the journey uses a cross harbour tunnel, usually the return toll plus a surcharge except that if the journey starts starts from a crossharbour taxi stand only the single toll is charged see below or other tunnels or toll roads. In general, drivers will take the shortest way suggested by supercab, passengers may only choose which cross harbour tunnel to take, i. Western harbour tunnel hong kongs quickest crossharbour. Exiting from the arrival concourse, please take exit c2, and look for cross harbour taxicab stand. Actual toll is the amount that motorist is required to pay when using wht. If your taxi ride travels via one of the following roads, the toll is added to your taxi fare. Its also not unusual for taxi drivers to return the change in an extremely slow manner, perhaps.
Cross harbour tunnel bus interchange, salisbury road tsim sha tsui customer service center 10. If its not the rush hour, pick the cross harbour tunnel, as its the cheapest. The toll plaza is located at the hung hom end of the tunnel, and has 14 toll booths. Airport to causeway bay hong kong forum tripadvisor.
It was constructed under a 30year privatesector franchise based on a. Here i will list out the phone numbers of all taxi call centers in hong kong. For anyone catching an uberx over the harbour bridgeharbour. Toll rates of road tunnels and lantau link transport department. Users of some taxi apps are able to successfully hail rides for shorthaul trips less than 20 per cent of the time, a new consumer council study has found. In april, 1965 the victoria city development company founded the crossharbour tunnel company ltd to own and implement the project. However, in 2014 the transport advisory committee, which advises the. After the cross harbour tunnel opened in october 1974, distinct separate colour schemes for hong kong island and kowloon taxis were proposed as it had become apparent that some taxi drivers on hong kong island were unfamiliar with roads in kowloon and viceversa but these plans were rejected.
London, united kingdom taxifarefinder taxi fare estimates. This taxi will take you through the crossharbour tunnel to hong kong island. Taxi fare from causeway bay to kai tak cruise terminal hong. At present there are 18,163 taxis in hong kong, of which 15,250 are urban taxis red, 2,838 are new territories taxis green and 75 are lantau taxis blue. Taxi is one of the key public passenger transport service providers in hong kong. The fare receipt, which the taxi driver is legally obliged to provide on request, should taxi registration number, date, time, any surcharge toll fee, baggage charge etc and total fare. For taxi booking in hong kong simply make a call and tell them your desired pickup and dropoff locations. The other day, i left office at 12am so decided to take a discount taxi home. Why the taxi driver always take the far away tunnel page 2. You can find these on the taxi fare hong kong details page. The crossharbour tunnel abbreviated cht or xht is the first tunnel in hong kong built underwater. Star ferry bus terminus mei foo customer service centre 1.
Drivers facing three more years of jams in crossharbour tunnel. They dont charge the return tunnel fee and are always willing to cross the. Customers that chose the western harbour tunnel or eastern harbor crossing were much more likely to find a cab compared to those who chose the cross harbour tunnel, which has a much lower toll. The total travel time should be about 20 25 minutes. In 1999, the transport department formed the quality taxi services steering committee qtssc, which has since taken forward a wide range of initiatives for improving taxi services, including launching the taxi driver commendation scheme to give commendation to those taxi drivers who have shown good conduct and quality performance. Toll charges between central tung chung hong kong forums. Hong kong taxi extra charge hong kong forum tripadvisor. Hong kong has a highly developed and sophisticated transport network, encompassing both public and private transport. The toll which applies at the time of the crossing is added to the fare paid by the passenger. Taxi provides a personalized pointtopoint transport. Success rate of some taxihailing apps under 20% for short. The crossharbour tunnel abbreviated cht or xht is the first tunnel in hong kong built.
Hong kong bus routes, fare, night service and schedule. Discovery bay tunnel may be used for the passage of urban and lantau taxis from 26 october 2014. Of the three tunnels connecting kowloon and hong kong island crossharbour tunnel, eastern harbour crossing, and western harbour crossing, the newest western. A taxi will sometimes appear with its roof light on, but with the for hire flag covered by an out of service sign. Transport department toll rates of road tunnels and. Every passenger pays 75% of the southbound toll each way, that way the taxi driver has some incentive to pick up a passenger, but only cops 25% if they dont and pockets 50% if they do tolls are paid 100% by northbound passengers as done now, but if a taxi charges a toll northbound the next southbound customer doesnt pay the toll as it. Is there a way to make complaints against such drivers that authorities will act upon. Toll bridges and tunnels an extra fee is required of passengers when taxis take these routes. It consists of two steel road tunnels each with two lanes constructed using the single shell immersed tube method it is the earliest of three vehicular harbour crossings in hong kong, opened for traffic on 2 august 1972. Hong kong tourism hong kong hotels hong kong bed and breakfast hong kong vacation rentals. You can tellwarn the driver to use the cross harbour tunnel the main one, not eastern tunnel. Passengers should ask the taxi driver for a machineprinted fare receipt, or a handwritten fare receipt if the machine fails to operate. Tolls when you catch a taxi and arrive at your destination you are required to pay the metered fare plus any booking fee, tolls or airport charges.
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