{"id":2854,"date":"2018-08-26T12:20:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-26T11:20:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/?page_id=2854"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:42:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T16:42:49","slug":"about-old","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/en\/about-old\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>The history<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_1.jpg.webp\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2856\" src=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_1-197x300.jpg.webp\" alt=\"The history - Bil mini-taxi 96\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_1-197x300.jpg.webp 197w, https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_1.jpg.webp 386w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a>&#8220;Bilst\u00f8in Bil&#8221; was established in 1952. It was Hans Mellemgaard, Eiler Thorsvig, Hans A. Davidsen, Poul Gaard Hansen and Pauli Gaard Hansen who started &#8220;Bilst\u00f8in Bil&#8221; back in 1952.<\/p>\n<p>Initially, the station was located in Niels Finsensg\u00f8tu, but was moved to Li\u00f0ag\u00f8tu in 1960. Two years later, &#8220;Bilst\u00f8inin V\u00e1gsbotni&#8221; was merged with &#8220;Bil&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>When the &#8220;Oyggjarvegurin&#8221; was made and went north towards &#8220;H\u00f3risg\u00f8tu&#8221;, &#8220;Bilst\u00f8in Bil&#8221; had a regular drive of passes between Hvalv\u00edk and Sundabr\u00fanna.<\/p>\n<p>In June 1963, when air traffic started, the Bil had regular services to and from the airport.<\/p>\n<p>At the time it was that passengers ordered space with one of our cars in the evening or early in the morning before they were collected at home, and the trip then went to Vestmanna (before the tunnel came), where there was a ferry connection to Oyragj\u00f3gv. From there, a bus or car was taken to the airport and the villages of V\u00e1goy.<\/p>\n<p>For some years we also had a taxi station in Vestmanna.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_4.jpg.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2859 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_4-300x127.jpg.webp\" alt=\"S\u00f8gan - Bil mini-taxi 96\" width=\"300\" height=\"127\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_4-300x127.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_4.jpg.webp 598w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/127;\" \/><\/a>At the end of 1978, Bil moved in its own room just opposite the current Effo gas station &#8211; Gundadalur.<\/p>\n<p>When &#8220;Bygdalei\u00f0ir&#8221; (the official busses) was created, in May 1980, the buses were driven for the first years out of Bilst\u00f8\u00f0ini Bil. Similarly, we had the operation of the first city buses in T\u00f3rshavnar Municipality.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_3.jpg.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2858 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_3-300x171.jpg.webp\" alt=\"S\u00f8gan - Bil mini-taxi 96\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_3-300x171.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_3.jpg.webp 374w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/171;\" \/><\/a>At the same time &#8220;Bilst\u00f8\u00f0in Bil&#8221; was merged with the &#8220;Mini Taxi&#8221;. In October 1996, the combined Bil and Mini Taxi moved from the Gundadali Building to the Farst\u00f8i\u00f0in.<\/p>\n<p>The new name for the combined companies was and is now &#8220;Bil &amp; Mini Taxi 96&#8221;. The phone number will be the same +298 311444 and +298 313525.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_2.jpg.webp\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2857 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_2-300x181.jpg.webp\" alt=\"S\u00f8gan - Bil mini-taxi 96\" width=\"300\" height=\"181\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_2-300x181.jpg.webp 300w, https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_2-600x362.jpg.webp 600w, https:\/\/taxi.fo\/wp-content\/smush-webp\/2016\/04\/bil-glmynd_2.jpg.webp 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/181;\" \/><\/a>&#8220;The times are changed and so do we&#8221;, is the wording of a Faroese song. This is also the case with the Bilst\u00f8\u00f0in Bil. We have a new phone number, which is +298 32 32 32, which is usually shown with 3 x 32. However, it is possible to call our old number for a period.<\/p>\n<p>As the first taxi company in the Faroe Islands, Car Mini Taxi got an app where it is possible to book a taxi easily and conveniently by pressing a button on the phone. Our App has been very well received and can be downloaded from the <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/dk\/app\/bil-taxi\/id1148002749?mt=8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bil Mini Taxi has 35 cars, of which 6 are for 6 travelers, 1 for 7 travelers and 1 for 8 travelers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Board consists of:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>T\u00f3ti Kristj\u00e1nsson, Chairman<\/li>\n<li>Jens L\u00fctzen, Board member<\/li>\n<li>Fritleif Kj\u00e6rb\u00e6k, Board member<\/li>\n<li>Beinir Kristiansen, Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The history &#8220;Bilst\u00f8in Bil&#8221; was established in 1952. It was Hans Mellemgaard, Eiler Thorsvig, Hans A. Davidsen, Poul Gaard Hansen and Pauli Gaard Hansen who started &#8220;Bilst\u00f8in Bil&#8221; back in 1952. Initially, the station was located in Niels Finsensg\u00f8tu, but was moved to Li\u00f0ag\u00f8tu in 1960. Two years later, &#8220;Bilst\u00f8inin V\u00e1gsbotni&#8221; was merged with &#8220;Bil&#8221;.&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":110,"featured_media":3036,"parent":0,"menu_order":6,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2854","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","description-off"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bil Taxi - The history<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"About us. 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