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Originally Posted by Basil Jet[_4_]
On 2014\09\24 11:46, Roland Perry wrote:
Given the number of taxi and bus drivers it'll put out of a job, I'm not
sure where the increase in jobs outside TfL will come from.
Proper taxi drivers will probably do well out of it, since it will keep
suburban ranks busy all night, and reduce long loss-making jobs for
central area drivers to the suburbs... but thousands of minicab drivers
might be out of a "job".
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There are not suburban taxi ranks throughout the outer suburbs.
As for minicab drivers, those working for firms near suburban stations will do
quite well because undoubtedly people will travel in the early hours to the
station nearest their home and get a minicab for the last leg of the journey.
The drivers who will suffer are those - mostly unlicensed - minicab drivers
who tout for work in Central London and then charge rip-off prices to the
suburbs.