Taxi
Taxi-taking Notes
In Shanghai, pooling a cab with strangers is banned.
Besides flagging down a cab on the street, you can also book a car by phone. There is no service fee for phone bookings except Dazhong company, which charges 4 yuan for each telephone or online reservation. The taxi hotline is, 96965 and English is available.
You can also send a short message of your detailed location to the call center's short message service (SMS) platform to ask for a taxi. The center will notify you in about 10 minutes whether a cab is available. China Mobile subscribers should send messages to 555596965, and China Unicom users to 2196965.
But the SMS platform is not available yet in English.
In addition to the 96965 hotline, the four biggest taxi operators in Shanghai have their own call centers, but no SMS service.
In Shanghai, pooling a cab with strangers is banned.
Besides flagging down a cab on the street, you can also book a car by phone. There is no service fee for phone bookings except Dazhong company, which charges 4 yuan for each telephone or online reservation. The taxi hotline is, 96965 and English is available.You can also send a short message of your detailed location to the call center's short message service (SMS) platform to ask for a taxi. The center will notify you in about 10 minutes whether a cab is available. China Mobile subscribers should send messages to 555596965, and China Unicom users to 2196965.
But the SMS platform is not available yet in English.
In addition to the 96965 hotline, the four biggest taxi operators in Shanghai have their own call centers, but no SMS service.
MajorTaxi Companies
Cyan, yellow, white and green are the taxi colors you will see most frequently, as they are the logo colors of the city's four biggest taxi companies – Dazhong, Qiangsheng, Jinjiang and Bashi.
All other taxi operators are either small companies or private drivers. Two rings have been esbablished to better administer these operators and to standardize services.
Cyan, yellow, white and green are the taxi colors you will see most frequently, as they are the logo colors of the city's four biggest taxi companies – Dazhong, Qiangsheng, Jinjiang and Bashi.
Dazhong
Color scheme: cyan
Call center: 96822
Simple English can be handled
Reservation surcharge: 4 yuan.
Qiangsheng
Color scheme: yellow
Call center: 6258-0000
No English service.
Jinjiang
Color scheme: white
Call center: 96961
Simple English can be handled.
Bashi
Color scheme: green
Call center: 96840
Simple English can be handled.
Color scheme: cyan
Call center: 96822
Simple English can be handled
Reservation surcharge: 4 yuan.
Qiangsheng
Color scheme: yellow
Call center: 6258-0000
No English service.
Jinjiang
Color scheme: white
Call center: 96961
Simple English can be handled.
Bashi
Color scheme: green
Call center: 96840
Simple English can be handled.
All other taxi operators are either small companies or private drivers. Two rings have been esbablished to better administer these operators and to standardize services.
Blue Union: A ring of 18 medium sized taxi companies.
Color scheme: dark blue
Premium Cab: A ring of small sized taxi companies and private drivers, who are required to pass a series of strict exams.
Color scheme: red
Color scheme: dark blue
Premium Cab: A ring of small sized taxi companies and private drivers, who are required to pass a series of strict exams.
Color scheme: red
