Uber has shut its doors in Frankfurt, according to The New York Times, closing the office after just 18 months of operation, meaning the company's only German presence is now in Munich and Berlin. That led to a long court odyssey of rulings and appeals. The retreat is said to have come after local licensed taxi drivers in the city refused to work with Uber, and when the cheap UberPop service, similar to UberX, faced legal hurdles in Frankfurt and was eventually banned last March by German regulators. Uber’s withdrawal from Frankfurt is one of several retreats out of European cities by the firm in recent months: with service withdrawn from Hamburg and Dusseldorf in November after less than two months in each of the German cities, and UberPop recently pulled in Amsterdam. Meanwhile, licensed taxi drivers in cities like Berlin are still able to use their own apps or hire a private car for rides around town.
Uber has shut its doors in Frankfurt, according to The New York Times, closing the office after just 18 months of operation, meaning the company's only German presence is now in Munich and Berlin. The retreat is said to have come after local licensed taxi drivers in the city refused to work with Uber, and when the cheap UberPop service, similar to UberX, faced legal hurdles in Frankfurt and was eventually banned last March by German regulators. Uber’s withdrawal from Frankfurt is one of several retreats out of European cities by the firm in recent months: with service withdrawn from Hamburg and Dusseldorf in November after less than two months in each of the German cities, and UberPop recently pulled in Amsterdam. Meanwhile, licensed taxi drivers in cities like Berlin are still able to use their own apps or hire a private car for rides around town.