Taxi Driver Online

Some good news for Heathrow and Canary Wharf folk at:-
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/news ... ttles.html

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Charlton's lost past http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsFKWGlrze0
London's future? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... rants.html

How much where they charging for the bus and is it higher than 5 in a cab

Dot2Dot's fares can be found at
http://www.dot2.com/Home.aspx

Heathrow to Canary Wharf £30 single,£58 return
'Central' London to Heathrow £16 single,£30.40 return
Both have a 20% discount in October.

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Charlton's lost past http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsFKWGlrze0
London's future? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... rants.html

I predicted this many months ago. They tried a similar idea up in Edinburgh, what these Bus operators fail to grasp is that Taxi users want to go from A to B, and not via D, E, F ,G and every other hotel in London.

With journeys to the Docklands taking over two hours is it any surprise they drive around empty?

If passengers want to get the bus to/from the Airport, they'll pay a fiver for the normal London Transport service.

How much is it in a cab then, do you charge for the cab or the number of punters

Central London to Heathrow is around the £50 - 60 mark depending on the time of day and traffic conditions.

We only charge the one meter rate regardless of the number travelling.

Well you had better keep that old bone shaker in tip top condition as you could be getting quite a few more runs now then
Blimey at £150 for 5 one way no wonder they where on a looser

i.e. £60 = 4 passengers paying £15 or 5 passengers paying £12.
And for those with a Metrocab or Vito,6 passengers paying £10.
The taxi trade doesn't sells itself short, it just doesn't sell itself at all.

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Charlton's lost past http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsFKWGlrze0
London's future? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... rants.html

Why not get together and run an advertising campaign in the press and radio.
Give all the fact and figuers
Am I correct the James Whale is now on the London airways

How do you persuade several thousand individual taxi drivers to part with the dosh? Most would probably agree that it's a good idea but getting them all to part with the readies is another thing altogether. There will always be some who are happy to benefit from other people's outlay.

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http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

They could put posters up in the back of the cabs explaining everything
cost next to nothing

Now that might work

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http://wingsoverscotland.com/ http://www.newsnetscotland.com/

...and the faces at Heathrow will 'complain' you are doing them out of work...ie instead of 5 people taking 5 taxis into London,5 people will take just one.

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Charlton's lost past http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsFKWGlrze0
London's future? http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... rants.html

Would they rather those five take a bus or tube?

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