Could there not be some sort of waiting-for-a-taxi-button passengers could press?
I'm sure I've been in other railway stations where passengers have to endure a physical separation from trains (on the tracks) to taxis (on the road outside) but can travel through the intervening space by following prominent signs. Perhaps the Captain of Taxis could expand on this "£5 to drive around the outside" thing by compiling some stats about where most people are going. It might not be necessary to drive around the perimeter of the station if a passenger wanted to head south, east or north.
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Edinburgh Waverley Station: Car and taxi ban comes into force
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Posted 7 years ago #
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The reason they want to be in the station is because the rank was in direct view of platform 11 where most London trains decanted.
There's no moral high ground here for as long as the Waverley Steps 'rank' exists
People at the airport find the rank no problem in spite of the multi story car park being rearranged AGAIN right now
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Once again, the spectre of the disabled struggling around Waverley "with two heavy suitcases" invoked as a proxy for "why can't I drive my car up to platform 11 any more?"
On taxis: "What they have done is open up the possibility of working at the station to the entire taxi trade without any of us paying. If they now try to make us pay again, my view is that horse has bolted.”
"“Why should we be asked to pay to pick up passengers? We’re doing them a service by bringing people to the station."
We'll see, eh?
Posted 7 years ago # -
The sooner they get platforms 5 and 6 extended and remove that expanse of taxi-tempting tarmac, the better.
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Quick count of platforms used by VTEC trains calling at Edinburgh
1- 1
2- 13
3- 4
8/9- 12
11- 8
19- 13
20- 1All VTWC trains use 8/9 because they're too long to fit anywhere else.
Posted 7 years ago # -
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Man The Barricades
Instead of excluding hardworking taxi drivers the station should exclude cyclists. They do not pay a single penny in tax, they carry diseases and they attract enemy radar.
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The question of whether MTB is a parody account or not seems settled then!
Posted 7 years ago # -
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DISABLED campaigners are hoping for action over access problems at Waverley station after a summit attended by Transport Minister Humza Yousaf.
The meeting, chaired by Lothian Tory MSP Miles Briggs, brought together the campaigners, politicians and Network Rail, following long-running concerns about the difficulties faced by elderly and disabled travellers in getting in and out of Waverley since taxis and other vehicles were banned in 2014.
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Posted 6 years ago # -
"And Mr Wickes said the access panel believed the north ramp from Waverley Bridge into the station could become a taxi rank."
Oh please no! Can you imagine what a burach that would be?
Posted 6 years ago #
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