KALAMATA RADIOTAXI

The first taxis in Kalamata appeared at the beginning of the 1920s, but not in the form we know today.

It was said to be a "monopot" and was a horse with a carriage, it had four positions that were facing. Later they were called "cargo ship", because in addition to people they transported various things. After a few years the taxis became vehicles exclusively for transporting people, no car at that time was difficult if we were thinking that in 1955-1960 there were only two individuals who had a car in Kalamata. Therefore, using a taxi was a luxury. It was mainly used by doctors, lawyers and businessmen.

By the middle of the 1950s there had been enough taxis in Kalamata for the time, and their owners decided to organize themselves. Specifically, in 1955 there were 24 taxis and there was only one driveway on the main street of the square, at Vassileos Georgiou Street, where all taxis were collected. Thus, in 1957 (from the information of the then practical books), the "Taxi Owners Association" Kalamata ". The minimum route costing 10 drachmas, or 60 drachmas, was then a good payday. The taximeters were mounted in 1965 as well as the caps at the top of the cars, the purpose of which was to stand out from the rest of the vehicles. As the years passed, the taxis in our city were rising. In 1975, the licenses had reached 90.

Most of the above information and photos were given by Mr. Georganas Ioannis, who was a taxi owner for many years and was president from 1960 to 1970 and representative of the federation. Indicatively, Mr. Georganas, with his taxi, carried prominent personalities of the time, in 1961 Karamanlis and Kanellopoulos, in 1964 the King, in 1965 Kyprianou and the Archimandrite of Africa.

In 1979 a proposal was made by a member of the Association for the development of taxis and a more organized, structured and more professional association. This proposal was the launch of the Radio Taxi Cooperative of Kalamata.

In 1981, the founding of the Radio Taxi Cooperative of Kalamata with a 5-member council was established, on 26/8/1981 the regulation was adopted. It started with 22 cars which, shortly before, had the wireless ones to consult each other. So it was proposed in 1979 to organize them using the wireless ones. Let us note that many of these owners are still active members of Radio Taxi. The first call center was located at Neontos Street, where our Co-operative office is today. Note that tasks were carried out at the center and owners as well as taxi drivers whenever needed.

At the end of 1982 the frequency was removed and reopened in 1983 until today. The call center was more organized, with machines that looked like car codes and could serve the center in its communication with taxis. The first telephone answerers were self-taught and participated in the separation of the city on the platforms and their perimeters. There were three people in the call center with an 8-hour shift and from then until today it is operating 24 hours a day.

In 1983 the rails were 3 to serve our city. In 1991, there were 82 taxis and, as a result, our platoons grew because of the population of Kalamata and therefore the city expanded. The earthquake of 1986 contributed to this fact, because in addition to the rescued houses, houses and apartment buildings were built in places that were first farmed.

Later in the call center, other modern machines (for the time being) were added and moved to another larger area, in the center of Kalamata.

Today, in 2012, the "Taxi Owners Association of Kalamata", in accordance with Law 3109/2003, has 117 cars and our city is divided into eight racks. The call center is located in the area of ​​Agia Triada and now has state-of-the-art computerized equipment for the best communication and service of the center with taxis and the center with its customers. It works, as we said, with 4 24-hour phone operators.

We provide taxi services to the traveling public for 24-hour travel to any destination whether we are requested in or out of Kalamata prefecture.
Our telephone center is able to serve you with highly trained staff directly.
You can also send us an email from the e-book form to make a taxi appointment for any destination.

• We will be waiting for you at the exit of the airport and your transportation will be done safely.
• Passenger service from Stations (racks).
• Serving passengers from the city web.
• Transfer of executives and employees to businesses, shops etc
• Carriage of passengers to all parts of the Prefecture but also to areas and cities throughout Greece.
• Carriage of passengers wishing to attend social events.
• Transfer of executives participating in conferences.
• Transfer of students to the various departments of Universities and Technological Educational Institutions that exist in our prefecture.
• Transfer of patients and sufferers from chronic diseases as well as their escorts both to the National Center for Infectious Diseases and other hospitals in other cities.
• Transfer of people with special needs.
• Transfer of visitors and tourists from the hotels of our Prefecture, transferable by a driver who knows a foreign language.

Call center: 18300.