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Sussex
 Post subject: Taxi-bus is no more
PostPosted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 6:03 pm 
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Rail bosses to cut taxi-buses

Taxi drivers in Petersfield are celebrating the end of the road for a transport scheme they said was taking away their business.

Cabbies in the town were outraged when South West Trains launched its Taxi-Bus, a low-cost minibus to take passengers to and from Petersfield Railway Station.

However, the service is to be withdrawn in October, after just one year in operation, as not enough people are using it.

The cancellation of the bus has been welcomed by taxi drivers who felt the Taxi-Bus, offering £1 journeys, was undercutting their trade.

Barry Winter, chairman of the Petersfield Taxi Association, and owner of Barry's Taxis, said: "We were up-in-arms about it all.

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 Post subject: Re: Taxi-bus is no more
PostPosted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:45 pm 
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Sussex wrote:
Rail bosses to cut taxi-buses

Taxi drivers in Petersfield are celebrating the end of the road for a transport scheme they said was taking away their business.

The cancellation of the bus has been welcomed by taxi drivers who felt the Taxi-Bus, offering £1 journeys, was undercutting their trade.

Barry Winter, chairman of the Petersfield Taxi Association, and owner of Barry's Taxis, said: "We were up-in-arms about it all.


Something to celebrate....... getting rid of the competition

I bet they wish they could get rid of private hire
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T.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 11:25 am 
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Renfrewshire Driver wrote:
Sussex wrote:
Rail bosses to cut taxi-buses

Taxi drivers in Petersfield are celebrating the end of the road for a transport scheme they said was taking away their business.

The cancellation of the bus has been welcomed by taxi drivers who felt the Taxi-Bus, offering £1 journeys, was undercutting their trade.

Barry Winter, chairman of the Petersfield Taxi Association, and owner of Barry's Taxis, said: "We were up-in-arms about it all.


Something to celebrate....... getting rid of the competition

I bet they wish they could get rid of private hire



TAXI-BUS systems hurt PH and Taxi trade alike so both should be celebrating, but why worry about outside threats when we can snipe and bicker amongst ourselves so well.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 07, 2005 2:50 pm 
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T. wrote:
TAXI-BUS systems hurt PH and Taxi trade alike so both should be celebrating, but why worry about outside threats when we can snipe and bicker amongst ourselves so well.



Is this your brother Dr T, Mr T? :wink:
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