Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
Probably never leave London again, you mean?
Probably, I think Londoners are often thrown off by how much less easy getting a taxi/Uber is outside of the city.
Probably never leave London again, you mean?
I rescued a group of London Ramblers who were waiting at the bus stop outside my house at 4pm yesterday oblivious to the fact that the next bus is on Monday. I was clearly regarded with some suspicion when I informed them that Uber doesn't cover the area and that any private hire car would take at least an hour as it had to come from a town 15 miles away.Probably, I think Londoners are often thrown off by how much less easy getting a taxi/Uber is outside of the city.
I passed through Stevenage station on Friday evening and a couple (who had just been PFd for trying to use contactless to exit the station) were complaining about the lack of taxis and asked me where they could get one from. I told them the best way would be to walk (it takes about 40 minutes). The look on their faces suggested the world was about to end!
And probably two customers that will never return.
Isn't it normal practice to hail a taxi on the street, or walk to the main road in a rural area and hail a passing taxi, or expect to find a taxi at popular locations such as railway stations? Taxis are the main transport to fill in the gaps where regular scheduled public transport can't efficiently serve!I rescued a group of London Ramblers who were waiting at the bus stop outside my house at 4pm yesterday oblivious to the fact that the next bus is on Monday. I was clearly regarded with some suspicion when I informed them that Uber doesn't cover the area and that any private hire car would take at least an hour as it had to come from a town 15 miles away.
Not for the vast majority of the country it isn't.Isn't it normal practice to hail a taxi on the street, or walk to the main road in a rural area and hail a passing taxi, or expect to find a taxi at popular locations such as railway stations? Taxis are the main transport to fill in the gaps where regular scheduled public transport can't efficiently serve!
Most taxis/cabs are not licensed to pick people up on the street.Isn't it normal practice to hail a taxi on the street, or walk to the main road in a rural area and hail a passing taxi,
Not everywhere has taxis you can hail like in London….Isn't it normal practice to hail a taxi on the street, or walk to the main road in a rural area and hail a passing taxi, or expect to find a taxi at popular locations such as railway stations? Taxis are the main transport to fill in the gaps where regular scheduled public transport can't efficiently serve!
In general people in the US start work earlier in the morning and finish by 1600.Not sure why big concerts always seem to be put on mid-evening with bands not on stage till 9pm sometimes. I know early finishes are not very rock 'n roll but they seem to do as well in the US.....
no, not in the slightest! that is almost comically wrong! I am thinking of when I lived in Yorkshire. I would still be waiting for a cab now. That was 20 years ago.Isn't it normal practice to hail a taxi on the street, or walk to the main road in a rural area and hail a passing taxi, or expect to find a taxi at popular locations such as railway stations?
Apparently it was radioactive!Does anyone know how it went last night for Imagine Dragons at Stadium MK, who I believe also weren't playing London?
(I was in bed rather than going to the station to look for myself! )
I would imagine that the organisers are balancing that against people being able to get there for the start. 8pm is late enough that it’s plausible to be able to work a normal day, have dinner, then travel to the gig.Do concert organisers, and indeed performers, take any cognisance of public transport availability, particularly afterwards ? Could events not start earlier - For example, I attended the Yes gig at Glasgow last week, booked to begin at 2000. However this was actually the support act for 20 minutes, then a 20 minute interval with guys wandering aimlessly around the stage, before the band appeared at getting on for 2045. Which meant I had to leave early for my last train home, at 2305, and missed the encores. Why not start at 1930, or even 1900 ?
8pm is late enough that it’s plausible to be able to work a normal day, have dinner, then travel to the gig.
Surely you mean the Arms Park?there is also the middle day of Ed Sheerans 3 days at the millennium (I refuse to call it the principality ) right next to Cardiff Central,
Do concert organisers, and indeed performers, take any cognisance of public transport availability, particularly afterwards ? Could events not start earlier - For example, I attended the Yes gig at Glasgow last week, booked to begin at 2000. However this was actually the support act for 20 minutes, then a 20 minute interval with guys wandering aimlessly around the stage, before the band appeared at getting on for 2045. Which meant I had to leave early for my last train home, at 2305, and missed the encores. Why not start at 1930, or even 1900 ?