Questions about taxis in Udine

According to the consortium's fare card you pay by the meter: the minimum fare is €7.03 and includes the first 1.5 km; then in town you pay €1 per km (€0.10 every 100 metres) and €27.60 an hour when the car is stopped or in a queue.

From 10 pm to 6 am and on public holidays the price goes up by 20%: in town, for example, a km costs €1.20. Women get the Tariffa Rosa, which takes 20% off the price of the ride at night.

If your destination is outside the city the taximeter counts €2.14 per km from the start of the ride (€2.57 at night and on holidays), because the price includes the taxi's empty return. Beyond 50 km 10% VAT is added; tolls, tunnels and ferries are paid by the customer.

From Udine to Trieste airport, in Ronchi dei Legionari, there is a €100 fixed price. The consortium's fare card does not say whether it changes at night or on holidays: ask when you call.

It is the discount for women travelling by taxi from 10 pm to 6 am: 20% off the price of the ride. The City introduced it in 2024.

Yes: +20% on mountain or snowy roads, +10% for a people carrier with more than 4 people and €0.81 for each bag larger than 50×30×25 cm, each pair of skis and each lap dog. Wheelchairs and guide dogs travel free.

Some of the consortium's cars have a card reader: ask when you call or before you get in.

The City of Udine gives €5 taxi vouchers to residents with severe disabilities or who are not self-sufficient, with a social-health ISEE up to €30,000, who cannot use other vehicles. They are used with participating drivers; you apply to the City's Social Protection Unit.

Call Radio Taxi Udine on +39 0432 505858: an operator answers every day of the year. You can also send a text or a WhatsApp message to the same number with town, street, number and name: you get the taxi's code and the minutes it will take. There is also the InTaxi app.

No: the City regulations forbid taxi drivers from taking bookings. Call when you need the taxi.

Yes, if it is free, but not near a rank where taxis or customers are waiting: this is set by the City regulations.

No: under the City regulations you can choose any taxi in the line.

If you call the radio taxi, when the driver receives the call (the nearest car must come); if you call from the rank's phone, when the taxi leaves the rank; in the street, when you stop it. This is set by the City regulations.

Yes, if the driver agrees: under the City regulations drivers must accept rides starting in Udine, but destinations outside the city need their consent. They cannot start a ride in another town.

Yes: the consortium has cars with 5 to 8 seats and estate cars. With a people carrier for more than 4 people the price goes up by 10%.

Under the City regulations taxis must serve people with disabilities and help them get in, and wheelchairs are carried free in suitable cars. Say so when you call.

€0.81 for each bag larger than 50×30×25 cm and each pair of skis. Hand luggage is free.

Lap dogs cost €0.81; guide dogs travel free. For other animals, ask when you call.

Under the Italian Highway Code, in a taxi children shorter than 1.50 m may travel without a car seat only on the back seat, with someone aged at least 16. If you want a car seat, ask when you call.

Call +39 0432 505858. Under the City regulations drivers hand over to the City's lost property office within 24 hours any items they cannot return right away.

Write to the consortium at info@taxiudine.it, or contact the City of Udine: under the City regulations the Local Police oversee the service. Note down the taxi's number.

It is white, has an illuminated TAXI sign on the roof and a «TAXI – Servizio pubblico» plate at the back on the right with the number and the City's coat of arms. The fares and the licence number must be displayed inside.