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If you have trouble hailing a taxi in the street, consider the following: - If many empty cabs rush past you and ignore your waivings, check your location. If you are a few hundred meters from a railway station, taxis will head straight for it, where they are entitled to a an extra fee and possibly luggage charges. Your only option is to join the line at the railway station. - If no cabs pass by or all of them are busy, try calling a company with a radio dispatcher from a phone booth. Pretend to call from an appartment. The operator will ask you for an address and a phone number. Give the nearest number in the street where you are, and the calling number displayed in the phone booth.
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