Operations
Taxis are predominantly operated by large companies, which require a Taxi Operator Licence (TOL) from the Land Transport Authority (LTA). Holders of the TOL are required to comply with LTA's Quality of Service (QoS) standards, codes of practice and audit directions, failure of which the LTA may revoke the licence. There are seven companies holding the TOL currently, namely:
| Holding company | Taxi company | Brand | Dominant colour |
Fleet | Incorporated | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ComfortDelGro Corporation, Singapore Technologies Kinetics |
CityCab | CityCab | Yellow | 5592 | 1995 | |
| ComfortDelGro Corporation | Comfort Transportation | Comfort | Blue | 10592 | 1970 | |
| Premier Rent A Car | Premier Taxis | Silvercab | Silver | 2016 | 2004 | |
| SMART Automobile Pte Ltd. | SMART | SMART Cabs | Green | 2441 | 2004 | |
| SMRT Corporation | SMRT Taxis | SMRT Taxis | White | over 3000 | 1989 | |
| Union Energy | Transcab Services | TransCab | Red and white |
3159 | 2004 | |
| Prime Car Rental & Taxi Services | Prime Taxis | Prime | Copper | 350 | 2007 | |
| Total | 25,176^ | |||||
^Including 505 individual Yellow-Top taxis
Although there are seven cab companies, CityCab, Comfort are part of a single company, ComfortDelGro. Comfort DelGro Yellow-Top taxis has ceased to exist in October 2007. A further 396 taxis are run by individual owners of their vehicles, c ]. These taxis are required to be replaced every eight years, or they may choose to have their licence acquired by Yellow-Top Cab and become a hirer of the taxi company. These taxis are expected to eventually cease to exist, however, as all new taxi drivers are required to hire their taxis from any of the TOL holders.
All taxi drivers in Singapore are required to hold a valid Taxi Driver's Vocational Licence (TDVL) issued by the Land Transport Authority, after having met basic pre-requisites and successfully completed a training course in the Singapore Taxi Academy and passing a theory test. Holders of the licence may then approach any of the seven TOL holding companies to hire a taxi on a daily rental basis, the rental rate and associated benefits of which varies between the various companies. As at May 2010, there were a total of 91,230 TDVL holders in Singapore.
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