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Llantrisant taxi fares

What a licensed hackney carriage is allowed to charge in Llantrisant.
Same Tariff 1 running rate: £1.24/km, £2.00/mile, or 0.11p/yard. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council sets this hackney maximum. Private hire fares are agreed when you book.

Source: Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council — Hackney carriage taxi · Checked: 2026-10-01 · Licensed hackney carriages in Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (includes Llantrisant). Not private hire.

£6.00
About 2 miles, Tariff 1, no waiting
£12.00
About 5 miles, Tariff 1, no waiting

Calculated from the published bands (flag £4.00 / first 1 mile, then 10p / 0.05 mi). Traffic and waiting add more. This is a guide, not a quote.

Official tariff

Distances shown in miles for reading. Councils publish yards or mile fractions on the meter — see the source link above for the original table.

Tariff 1

08:00–17:59

Flag
£4.00 / first 1 mile
Then
10p / 0.05 mi
Waiting
25p / 60s

Tariff 2 (Night)

Night rate

Flag
£4.50 / first 1 mile
Then
10p / 0.04 mi
Waiting
25p / 60s

Extras (from the same council page)

Soiling the vehicle£55

What to know

## Llantrisant taxi fares

Llantrisant is the hilltop royal town above the M4 — RCT taxi table; the Model House and bull ring, not a coast, and not Pontypridd.

## Getting around by taxi in Llantrisant

Llantrisant is the hilltop royal town on the RCT table — not Pontypridd Taff. Bull ring to Talbot Green is the hop.

Pre-book Saturdays. This is bull-ring taxi, not a Taff-valley rank.

## What to check

From Bull ring to Talbot Green / station at Pontyclun (short drive). Hackney tariff vs private hire; the meter is the council maximum, not an app quote.

Local markers for this chapter: hilltop, Pontypridd, Talbot, Pontyclun.

Bull ring to Talbot Green / station at Pontyclun (short drive) — not Pontypridd; flag fall.

Searchers also use Llantrisant taxi table. RCT table. Hilltop royal town, not the Taff.

Hackney vs private hire

Metered hackney
This table · Rank or hail; tariff applies
Pre-booked private hire
Agreed when booking · Airport runs, accounts, apps — still licensed

Full explainer

A guide to the official hackney-carriage maximum tariff, not a quote. Private hire vehicles are licensed, but they generally do not use this council tariff — agree the price when you book.

How to read the Llantrisant taxi table

This page republishes the licensing council’s hackney maximum. It is not a private-hire quote.

  1. Check you are in a licensed hackneyThe meter must not exceed this table. A private-hire fare is agreed when you book.
  2. Read the flag, then the incrementFlag is the start. Distance and waiting are added from the published bands for that time of day.
  3. Check the periodNight, Sunday and bank-holiday tariffs are often higher. Use the period that matches the clock.
  4. Extras are only what the council publishedExtra passengers or soiling charges apply only if they appear on the official table.

Recommended

No shortlist yet — the facts above still stand.

Common questions

Is Llantrisant on the same taxi table as Pontypridd?

Yes — one RCT hackney maximum. Llantrisant is the hilltop bull ring, not Taff Street. Private hire is the booked price. We do not invent a phone.

Is Pontypridd on a different taxi table from Llantrisant?

No. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council sets one hackney maximum. The hilltop royal town at the bull ring is not Pontypridd. The table is the same.

How much is a taxi in Llantrisant?

Llantrisant is the hilltop royal town above the M4 — RCT taxi table; the Model House and bull ring, not a coast, and not Pontypridd. A typical hop is Bull ring to Talbot Green / station at Pontyclun (short drive).

Does the taxi meter apply in Llantrisant?

Yes for a rank or hail hackney. Private hire uses the booked price. A typical hop is Bull ring to Talbot Green / station at Pontyclun (short drive).

Is private hire the same as a hackney in Llantrisant?

No. Private hire is booked and not bound to the hackney tariff. A typical hop is Bull ring to Talbot Green / station at Pontyclun (short drive).

Do you rank taxi fare in Llantrisant?

No. Know Wales does not rank venues or call anything cheapest. We explain taxi prices and the local checks, then you decide. A typical hop is Bull ring to Talbot Green / station at Pontyclun (short drive).

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