Taxi Driver Online

Pretty bog standard for this kind of thing, and I'm sure we've all experienced stuff like this, so nothing particularly remarkable, but obviously a major pain if you're an affected driver

But it's that mysterious Dundee-plated LEVC again. Can't say I've ever seen it (or can't recall seeing it), and last Courier photo of it was at the station rank, which I pass reasonably often, although usually in the evenings/night, so I'd guess it's not worked at night.

Likewise, pretty sure that photo isn't anywhere near the station. I'd guess just off the Kingsway ring road a couple of miles away.


Anger as Dundee train passengers directed to non-existent taxi rank

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/du ... k-closure/


Image: DC Thomson Media

Taxi drivers have hit out after train passengers in Dundee were directed to a rank that did not exist.

Work being carried out by Scottish Water means the main taxi rank outside Dundee railway station, on Riverside Drive, has been shut on Monday and Tuesday.

Passengers arriving in Dundee looking for a cab have been redirected to Greenmarket, where a temporary rank was supposed to have been put in place.

However, no signs were put up by the city council – meaning both drivers and passengers had no idea where to go.

Willie Lees, the local rep for the RMT union – which represents some city taxi drivers – has branded the situation “a shambles”.

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He said: “I am absolutely livid.

“I went to the station on Tuesday morning to see what was happening after hearing from taxi drivers about what was going on.

“They told me that it was an absolute shambles.

“I understand that the work had to be carried out by Scottish Water to repair the pipe.

“But the way the taxis and public are being treated is a disgrace.

“When I got there it was clear that the taxi rank was closed. There was a sign telling you this and go to the Greenmarket side of the train station.

“However, when you got there, there was no temporary taxi rank. Drivers had no idea where to sit.

“There was also no information to tell the public arriving in the city by train where to go for taxis.
People ‘walking all over the place’ to find a taxi

“We had a situation on Monday where the 4pm train from London had many commuters on board looking for taxis.

“People ended up walking all over the place trying to find a taxi and the drivers were equally as lost.”

In a letter sent to RMT, Dundee City Council chiefs admitted they “should have put a temporary taxi rank sign in Greenmarket”, branding it an “oversight”.

The local authority says it plans to put in additional signage during future closures of the rank.

The Courier has contacted the council for comment.


Image: DC Thomson Media

Hate those photos where they look a reasonable size on the paper's website, but on here they're mahoosive.

Two of them are still reasonable in size, if a tad on the big side, so have left them, but you'll have to click on the LEVC photo to view it.

Best ones are the likes of the Dewsbury one this morning, where you can just change the digits in the URL to change the width in pixels.

For what it's worth, had a look on StreetView after my tea, and was bang on about where the LEVC photo taken

It's in corner of Kingsway retail park, just beside the slip road off the dual carriageway. I'd guess LEVC in the space between the traffic cones and the Renault vehicle in the Streetview link - ironically, the vehicle is a PHV


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The sad fact is that the taxi/PH trade is the forgotten trade when it comes to stuff like this.

In many places with good representation it can be better, but even there the trade is often treated as a pain, and any consequences as tough.

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