Cost of a taxi Malahide to Drogheda (Dublin side)

1jcdub

I contacted a few taxi companies today to get a price on a taxi from Malahide to the Dublin side of Drogheda South gate. Steep at price I thought. , quotes between €60-70.
Can anyone recommend a reasonable taxi company ?

coylemj

Is this because of the rail strike? Don't expect anyone to drop their prices. I make it 40 kms one-way so it seems kinda reasonable given that the driver has no hope of a fare for the return leg.

Badabing

Fare is whatever it says on meter, get the hailo app maybe

devnull

Another consideration would be to get Bus 102 to Dublin Airport and get the 100x or 101 Bus Eireann Bus to Drogheda.

Mr.Frame

Badabing wrote: »

Fare is whatever it says on meter, get the hailo app maybe

As you rightly stated "fare is whatever it says on the meter,having Hailo makes no difference

Vic_08

devnull wrote: »

Another consideration would be to get Bus 102 to Dublin Airport and get the 100x or 101 Bus Eireann Bus to Drogheda.

Dublin Bus 102 from Malahide to Swords (Pavilions) and transfer to the Bus Eireann 101 which stops on the Swords Bypass. The 101 passes by the Southgate centre.

Yggr of Asgard

You could try uber x for a taxi, it does a fare estimate in the app, when I checked it was 30-40€. Plus if you never used uber before there a referal codes out there which give you a 20€ discount.

But as others say the 102/101 combination is the best for public transport, even if it takes 1.5 hours.

coylemj

The meter only shows the maximum fare. Drivers have discretion to give a discount and this typically happens in the case of long journeys where the customer negotiates a fare in advance.

Hailo is useful for pickup at odd times and in odd places, it doesn't really make much sense in the OP's situation because Hailo is not aimed at the situation where the customer wants to negotiate a fare a day or so in advance of the trip.

Luke92

www.worldtaximeter.com/dublin

Scruffy...The Janitor

Badabing wrote: »

Fare is whatever it says on meter, get the hailo app maybe

I'm open to correction here but I was always under the impression that once the journey is going to cross the border in to another county then the fare had to be agreed between the driver and the passenger as the meter was only to be used in the area where the taxi was licensed to operate.

OP just checking a few fare calculators online and the price you were quoted seems about average. You'll just have to try out your negotiation skills to try get a lower fare

mikemac1

Scruffy...The Janitor wrote: »

I'm open to correction here but I was always under the impression that once the journey is going to cross the border in to another county then the fare had to be agreed between the driver and the passenger as the meter was only to be used in the area where the taxi was licensed to operate.

County rules are long gone. No more will the driver pull out a fixed fare card and screw you over to go from Dublin to Bray or Limerick to Bunratty.

I haven't mentioned Clonee and the arguments over where the county border actually is :eek: you can leave Dublin, enter Clonee and for some estates go back into Dublin

If the destination is under 30km and you grab your driver at a rank they'll take you.

coylemj

Scruffy...The Janitor wrote: »

I'm open to correction here but I was always under the impression that once the journey is going to cross the border in to another county then the fare had to be agreed between the driver and the passenger as the meter was only to be used in the area where the taxi was licensed to operate.

The whole country is now a single taximeter area.

http://www.citizensinformation.ie/en/travel_and_recreation/public_transport/charges_for_taxi_hackney_and_limosuine_services.html

Spook_ie

dublin-texas wrote: »

You could try uber x for a taxi, it does a fare estimate in the app, when I checked it was 30-40€. Plus if you never used uber before there a referal codes out there which give you a 20€ discount.

But as others say the 102/101 combination is the best for public transport, even if it takes 1.5 hours.

Uber have decided to initiate "surge pricing" in Dublin, coincidence or not, you decide

jaymcg91

Spook_ie wrote: »

Uber have decided to initiate "surge pricing" in Dublin, coincidence or not, you decide

I hate surge pricing, I was in New York a few weeks ago, as soon as it started raining the price doubled (or near enough). I guess that's capitalism for you though.

coylemj

jaymcg91 wrote: »

I hate surge pricing, I was in New York a few weeks ago, as soon as it started raining the price doubled (or near enough). I guess that's capitalism for you though.

I think the situation in NYC reflects the way things used to be here before deregulation. Over there a taxi plate (which they call a 'medallion') is worth a heck of a lot of money and there's a fixed number of them so you don't have the situation as happens in Dublin where a large number of additional taxis can hit the streets at peak times like the weekend and Christmas.

jaymcg91

coylemj wrote: »

I think the situation in NYC reflects the way things used to be here before deregulation. Over there a taxi plate (which they call a 'medallion') is worth a heck of a lot of money and there's a fixed number of them so you don't have the situation as happens in Dublin where a large number of additional taxis can hit the streets at peak times like the weekend and Christmas.

But whenever I've got a regular yellow cab the pricing has been the same no matter the weather, it's only Uber that's engaged in surge pricing (they don't operate using medallions).

On the other hand, good luck finding a yellow cab in the pouring rain, because of the reason you've given.