Brighton Station taxi rank to close for three months
Taxi drivers are predicting a “spring time of chaos” after being told the rank at Brighton Station will be closed for up to three months.
Cabbies, who pay £410 a year to use the rank, said they were only given a week’s warning that it will close during improvement works.
Southern Rail, which manages the station, is repainting the canopy as part of a £140,000 programme.
However taxi drivers are furious only eight spaces will be provided for them at the back of the station and say the work will leave them out of pocket.
A Southern spokesman said: “We apologise for any inconvenience caused to passengers while the work takes place but we are sure that the end result will be well worth any inconvenience caused.
“The canopy stretches across the entire face of the station and covers the taxi rank.
“To ensure the safety of passengers, taxi drivers and workmen, the taxi drivers are required to vacate the rank from next Monday for the duration of the job. They have been offered an alternative site at the rear of the station where a number of parking bays have been allocated exclusively for their use.”
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