Taxi drivers are calling for a rank to be built outside the new Broad Marsh bus station over fears people are being left stranded when they arrive in the city by coach. National Express coaches moved into the new £50m bus station and car park in June from their temporary location on Station Street.
More than 400 coach services are expected a week, but some Hackney taxi drivers say they are furious there is no rank to pick up passengers. Drivers used to have a taxi rank in Carrington Street as part of the former bus station, which has been replaced with a pedestrianised space.
Taxi drivers said some National Express passengers have been left stranded in the city with luggage, pushchairs, and wheelchairs, unable to find the rank outside Loxley House in Trent Street. Nottingham City Council says it is also considering building another rank close to the station.
