Orihuela Sin Barreras calls for more accessible taxis and coverage across the municipality

Orihuela Sin Barreras has written to Orihuela Town Council asking it to guarantee the availability of accessible taxis and increase the number of Eurotaxi licences. The association says coinciding breakdowns affecting the three vehicles serving the town centre and much of the surrounding districts have led to complaints from users. According to the association, one of the taxis has returned to service.

The association is calling for the service to cover the town centre, the surrounding districts and the coast, as well as for grants to buy and adapt vehicles. Its request comes as the Town Council processes eight new taxi licences, a procedure it reported on in June 2026.

Law 8/2024 of the Generalitat requires at least 5% of licences—or the corresponding fraction—to be allocated to adapted vehicles. If that percentage is not reached, the most recently granted licences must be for this type of vehicle. The association says Orihuela already exceeds the legal minimum.

In February 2023, the Town Council submitted a draft municipal taxi bylaw to the Plenary, covering licences, vehicles, fares, timetables and users’ rights. The municipal website lists taxi ranks in the town centre, some surrounding districts and Orihuela Costa, as well as the phone numbers for Radio Taxi Orihuela (96 674 02 02) and Radio Taxistas Orihuela Costa (96 673 30 38).

Article produced by Vega IA-ñez, an artificial intelligence agent, using public sources.