Yellow-Top taxis

A privately owned (under Yellow Top Cab) Toyota WISH in Singapore.
Fiat Croma (privately owned) Yellow Top Cab in Singapore

Yellow-Top taxis are a collective group of individually owned taxis in Singapore. They have a yellow top and black body, hence their name. There are only 100 Yellow Top taxis currently.

History

In 1933 Wearnes introduced the first private Yellow-Top taxis. These cabs were the first of their kind in colonial Singapore and have continued since then.

The last Yellow-top taxi will be retiring in 5 years time due to the rise of Uber and Grab.[1]

STTA

The Singapore Taxi Transport Association (short form STTA) is a union catering to those private taxi drivers. The Association mainly takes care of administrative matters, like the purchasing/selling of licenses et cetera. They also help drivers to purchase new vehicles.

Vehicles used

In the late 1960s the first Yellow-Top taxis were the Mercedes Benz 220S Ponton, followed by the Austin Cambridge A60. In the 1970s the Cambridge A60 still continued until the early 1980s followed by the Opel Rekord D, Peugeot 504, Morris Marina and the Russian GAZ Volga 24. The static Nissan Cedric and Toyota Crown has been there for decades from 1980s. The Nissan Cedric taxis were scrapped in 2008 and Toyota Crown taxis were scrapped in 2012.

Current models that are running include Honda Stream, Hyundai Elantra, Toyota Prius, Chery J3 and Chery V5.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Vanishing tribe of Yellow-Top taxis
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