Drsatan
Established Member
Good evening,
Last Saturday, I arrived at Southampton Central to find out the last train of the day to my destination had been cancelled. The station staff put me in a taxi. They wrote what I assume was an IOU to the taxi driver before I got in.
However, I've read stories about passengers awaiting rail replacement taxis at stations for a long time. This is because usually the TOC has an account with only a few taxi firms near the station and none of their cars were available at the time.
Does the way in which taxi drivers are paid for rail replacement journeys vary between TOCs?
Last Saturday, I arrived at Southampton Central to find out the last train of the day to my destination had been cancelled. The station staff put me in a taxi. They wrote what I assume was an IOU to the taxi driver before I got in.
However, I've read stories about passengers awaiting rail replacement taxis at stations for a long time. This is because usually the TOC has an account with only a few taxi firms near the station and none of their cars were available at the time.
Does the way in which taxi drivers are paid for rail replacement journeys vary between TOCs?