"Roland Perry" wrote in message
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net, at 10:24:29 on Mon, 26 Nov 2012, Neil Williams
remarked:
work from station forecourts, which presumably means they can stop
wherever they like. But not always; the frequent ones at Nottingham
station
line up in the taxi rank over-flow down the side of the station.

I wonder how legal that is? (The signs say "No Waiting, except Taxis",
and those buses are definitely waiting, rather than stopping.)

Is the forecourt private land?

Yes, but at Nottingham they don't use the forecourt (the entrances and
exits are a bit tight, as well as being full of cars and taxis all the
time). They wait in the overflow taxi-rank down the side of the station.
Which is an ordinary public road.

If so its owners have the right to waive or change the restrictions if
they wish.

They can't waive no-waiting zones on public roads.

No, but the Local Authority can. Especially if the rail people ask them to,
for a good reason.