As a matter of interest, are the replacement taxi services flexible enough to actually take stranded passengers to their home village, rather than to the railway station, if required?
I ask because, on just the couple of occasions when we've had a taxi replacement service at Nailsea, we've just been brought to the station here - without the option!
If the taxi service provided by FGW▸ is a bit more flexible at Combe or Finstock - fair play to them, I say! Unless a passenger has parked their car at the station, for example, the option of being dropped off by the taxi in the village itself must be welcome?
Most of the larger stations negotiate a discounted rate to their most common stations with the local taxi association, which is
COLTA▸ (City of Oxford Licenced Taxicab Association) in the case of Oxford. These rates are based on journeys from station to station, but sometimes cabs are asked to go to a home address if it is late at night, or the station is very rural - the drivers can refuse but most are happy to oblige if any extra distance is either paid by FGW or the passenger.
