Post by acnedriver on Jan 5, 2023 6:52:06 GMT
Jason Read runs Norwich Taxis UK and has several drivers of Hackney carriages, or black cabs, on his books.
He had been at the Norwich station rank since 09:00 GMT on Tuesday, along with half a dozen other cabbies.
"It's 12:20 and I've only had two jobs, it's terrible. I've earnt £25, normally I'd be sitting on about £100 by now," he said.
"I've had four phone calls today - all cancellations, because there's no trains.
"We have our regular users - mainly wheelchair users, that's our bread and butter, we've got a few of them today, thank god.
"But as for working from a rank which we pay £1,200 a year to work from - terrible.
"It's not worth sitting in the station during the rail strike, I've learnt my lesson today."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64152776
He had been at the Norwich station rank since 09:00 GMT on Tuesday, along with half a dozen other cabbies.
"It's 12:20 and I've only had two jobs, it's terrible. I've earnt £25, normally I'd be sitting on about £100 by now," he said.
"I've had four phone calls today - all cancellations, because there's no trains.
"We have our regular users - mainly wheelchair users, that's our bread and butter, we've got a few of them today, thank god.
"But as for working from a rank which we pay £1,200 a year to work from - terrible.
"It's not worth sitting in the station during the rail strike, I've learnt my lesson today."
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-64152776