We have been providing taxi services since the 1970s, and have evolved from simply providing street hail to taxi booking, and from cash payments into cashless payments. Check how we have transformed over the years.
1970s
1970
OCTOBER 1970
Formation of the NTUC Workers' Co-operative Commonwealth for Transport.
1971
JANUARY 1971
The first 1,000 Comfort Morris Oxford taxis and 196 minibuses hit the roads.
1977
february 1977
Comfort set up home at Sin Ming Drive.
1980s
1981
JUNE 1981
Electronic meters were introduced.
1986
APRIL 1986
Launch of Comfort's Core Skills for Effectiveness and Change Training Scheme (COSEC) to equip members with skills to provide better service.
1990s
1993
JUNE 1993
NTUC Comfort was corporatised and renamed Comfort Transportation Pte Ltd.
1995
CityCab Pte Ltd commenced operations on 1 July 1995 after the merger of 3 taxi companies -
Singapore Airport Bus Service Ltd (SABS), Singapore Bus Service Taxi Pte Ltd (SBS Taxi Pte Ltd) and
Singapore Commuter Pte Ltd.
Singapore Airport Bus Service Ltd (SABS), Singapore Bus Service Taxi Pte Ltd (SBS Taxi Pte Ltd) and
Singapore Commuter Pte Ltd.
JULY 1995
1998
April 1998
CityCab introduced MaxiCab, a 7-seater cab.
2000s
2000
NOVEMBER 2000
Commemoration of Comfort's 30th Anniversary with the launch of the new logo and livery. It also started its cashless payment systems.
2001
MARCH 2001
Comfort rolled out three-litre Toyota Crown taxis.
Newly-improved bi-coloured Light Emitting Diode (LED) rooftop signage
and talking MDTs made their debut.
and talking MDTs made their debut.
SEPTEMBER 2001
2003
April 2003
Merger of Comfort Group Ltd and DelGro Corporation Limited to form ComfortDelGro Corporation Limited. Comfort Transportation and CityCab became subsidiaries of ComfortDelGro.
2006
NOVEMBER 2006
NETS payment was made available for the first time in taxis in Singapore.
2007
JANUARY 2007
ComfortDelGro Hyundai Sonata taxis were rolled out.
2009
SEPTEMBER 2009
Online taxi booking was introduced.
2010s
2010
FEBRUARY 2010
ComfortDelGro App was launched.
2012
SEPTEMBER 2012
Euro 5 LimoCabs and MaxiCabs were rolled out.
2013
DECEMBER 2013
In-vehicle cameras was installed in all ComfortDelGro taxis.
2014
Named Best Taxi Agency and Best Taxi App by TripAdvisor at its Travellers' Choice Awards for the first time.
JUNE 2014
2015
MAY 2015
AUGUST 2015
Named Best Taxi Agency and Best Taxi App by TripAdvisor for the second year.
2017
April 2017
ComfortDelGro Taxi offers flat fare option for the first time and clocks 100,000 flat fare jobs in 10 days.
JUNE 2017
Launch of CabRewards+ Programme which rewards commuters who travel on bus, trains and taxi.
JULY 2017
ComfortDelGro Taxi the first in Asia to extend masterpass payments to street hail.
DECEMBER 2017
ComforDelGro and Uber announce their alliance.
2018
January 2018
ComfortDelGro Taxi and Uber launched UberFLASH service in Uber App.
JULY 2018
ComfortDelGro Taxi trials first fast-charging fully-electric Hyundai Ioniq taxis in Singapore.
2019
JANUARY 2019
Trial of fully electric taxi expanded to include long range Hyundai Kona electric taxis that boasts battery power twice that of the Ioniq.
MAY 2019
ComfortDelGro Taxi launches ComfortRIDE, a new booking service whose fares adjusts according to market supply and demand.
AUGUST 2019
ComfortRIDE crosses two-million mark.