Taylor Swift fans in disbelief at 'scandalous' Uber prices for 3 mile journey to Anfield

People in Liverpool have expressed anger after being quoted "scandalous" fares for Uber journeys to get to and from Taylor Swift concerts at Anfield.

The global megastar played the first of her three sell-out shows in the city last night and will return to the LFC stadium tonight and on Saturday. And while the city is buzzing with the arrival of huge numbers of excited Swifties, some people are unhappy with the surge pricing being deployed by Uber at the time of the concerts.

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A number of people have taken to social media to highlight huge quoted prices for relatively short journeys. On X, Kevin Kelly shared two screengrabs of quoted prices for requested trips in the city on Thursday afternoon.

The first showed a price of £53.51 being offered for a journey from Castle Street in the city centre to Walton Breck Road, near the stadium. A journey of just 3.3 miles.

The second highlighted a quoted price of £79.54 for a 6.2 mile journey from Henry Street in the city centre to Anfield Road. Also on X, one woman said: "Uber absolutely disgraceful charging £40 for a 2.3 mile journey from Anfield to Clubmoor. Should be ashamed of yourself ripping people off like that."

The Liverpool Wanderer X account shared a quoted price of £31.96 for a journey between Lime Street station and Liverpool's stadium on Thursday.

It is important to point out that these are only quoted fares and Uber customers are under no obligation to accept them if they believe they are too high. On its website, Uber explains how its surge pricing policy works. It states: "There are times when so many people are requesting trips that there aren’t enough cars on the road to help take them all.

"Bad weather, rush hour and special events, for instance, may cause unusually large numbers of people to want to request a trip with Uber all at the same time. In these cases of very high demand, prices may increase to help ensure that those who need a driver can get one. This system is called surge pricing, and it lets the Uber app continue to be a reliable choice.

"Whenever rates are raised due to surge pricing, the Uber app lets riders know. Some riders will choose to pay, while some will choose to wait a few minutes to see if the rates go back down."

The ECHO has contacted Uber for comment.

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