West Dunbartonshire taxi fares and licensing

Current hackney taxi tariff

• Clydebank Tariff 1, 06:00-21:00 daily: £3.80 first 5/11 mile, then 10p each 1/20 mile
• Clydebank Tariff 2, 21:00-06:00 daily and specified Christmas/New Year shoulders: £4.30 first 5/11 mile, then 10p each 1/22 mile
• Clydebank Tariff 3, specified Christmas/New Year core periods: £5.50 first 5/11 mile, then 10p each 1/25 mile; 50p extra 21:00-06:00
• Tariff detail 4: Clydebank waiting 10p/20 seconds; unused telephone/app booking £3.80; 10p each passenger after two; airport/car-park charge may be passed on with advance notice; soiling £100
• Dumbarton/Vale Tariffs 1-3 for up to four passengers: £3.00/£3.60/£5.00 first 1/2 mile, then 10p each 1/20, 1/22 or 1/28 mile respectively
• Dumbarton/Vale Tariffs 4-6 for five or more passengers: £4.00/£4.60/£6.50 first 1/2 mile, then 10p each 1/25, 1/27 or 1/35 mile respectively
• Tariff detail 7: Dumbarton/Vale normal daytime Tariffs 1/4 were amended in 2025 to 07:00-19:00 Monday-Friday; Tariffs 2/5 apply 19:00-07:00 Monday-Thursday and 19:00 Friday-07:00 Monday; festive Tariffs 3/6 cover the council's Christmas/New Year periods
• Tariff detail 8: Dumbarton/Vale waiting 10p/15 seconds; unused telephone/app booking equals Tariff 1 flagfall; airport charge may be passed on with advance notice; soiling £100
• Tariff detail 9: The council's June 2025 Clydebank review contains competing trade proposals, but no consolidated final replacement card was found; TECSI therefore retains the latest complete council fare card and flags confirmation with Licensing

Effective Clydebank complete fare card effective 2024-05-30; Dumbarton/Vale complete fare card effective 2022-05-26 with 2025 timing amendment; verified 2026-08-27 · last verified 27 August 2026

Open tariff evidence source

Licence-fee snapshot

• Licence fee detail 1: Taxi or private-hire car grant/renewal £886 for three years; partnership licence £886; variation £73.50
• Licence fee detail 2: Taxi/private-hire driver grant or renewal £395; temporary driver £197.50; booking office £1,305 for three years
• Licence fee detail 3: Change of vehicle including new plates if required £186; licence-holder badge £48; large plate £80.50; small plate £32; temporary licences up to six weeks are 50% of full fee
• Topographical test: no fee

Charges 2026-04-01 · last verified 27 August 2026. Confirm with the council before applying.