captain cab wrote:
http://www.thisisyork.co.uk/york/news/YORK_NEWS_LOCAL10.html
regards
Captain Cab
The rank in question is a Council rank for 6 vehicles, the rank inside the Station Portico is a GNER taxi rank for 12 vehicles. The main purpose that the rank in question is used for, to which is in the middle of a carriage way, is a FEEDER rank
When the rank is full in the GNER rank, you have to go through the Portico, chalk up on a chalk board your cab number [illegal practice but it is GNER] then proceed to the rank in question, if thats full you just park on double yellows or anywhere you can find a space outside, feed in when space allows
This saga, railway stn/ York council has been going on for a few years, GNER have offered 2 rank spaces on there land on their long stay car park
There is available land know as Tea Room Square, next to the Royal York Hotel just outside the Portico. This land is Council owned, Council maintained, but used by GNER as a short term Railway car park, this would have solved all problems for Taxi's
York Railway Stn is a cut and dried situation, permit holders only to accesss ranks. I know the driver in question, re link above, wish him well but me thinks everything is set in stone. He mentions getting jobs from the rank in question, a job in a blue moon, it's a plain and simple feeder rank, if there is such a thing.
Anytime you are in York just come and have a look what goes on, sometimes up to 2 or 300 people rail travellers waiting for up to 2 hours for the limit few taxis to come and pick them up [permit holders] GNER don't care, the Council don't care, remember GNER are big business rate payers, can't upset them can we.
The problems at York Stn will never go away till we are done away with 38 shareholders of York Station Taxis [NOT LONG NOW] then the cab drivers in York together with the public will get a better service
Phew.