shredder1
Established Member
Photography Issues at London Bridge.
I alighted at London Bridge station on Sunday 23rd April 2017, the day of the London Marathon, I took a photograph of the train I`d arrived on and also the station sign when one of the platform staff came up to me and asked had I just taken a photograph, I said yes, he said I`m sorry sir but you are not allowed to take photographs on the station? He was polite enough and I asked him where he had got this information from and he told me it was policy. I explained the guidance to enthusiasts and photographers and how we are welcome at railway stations, but he didnt appear to understand this or what I was telling him, I said I signed in last time I was at London Bridge, but he just repeated that photography was not allowed, so I asked him to take me to his manager, which he did so.
His manager a little Asian lad repeated what the platform staff member had told me and I again repeated to him the guidance and told him I was happy to sign in, he also kept repeating himself, so I asked to see his manager. The second manager came also and said they had a policy, which was not available to the general public, which seemed a bit strange, when I explained the guidance to him he said I`ll take you also to the office to sign in, no sooner had he said this then the little Asian guy said he had told me to sign in to his manager, he lied and I told him so, to which his manager said he is an experienced member of staff (experienced in lying I presume).
This had gone on for about 20 minutes and in the end I said forget it lads; I walked to the bay platforms and took a few photographs of a 319 in there, which is all I`d got off for anyway. The annoying thing was, was that it was the day of the London Marathon and the likes of Superman and Spiderman et al were snapping away on mobile phones on the platforms and no one said a dickybird. Maybe I should have gone along as Batman; the staff at London Bridge possibly have a fear of superheroes.
I alighted at London Bridge station on Sunday 23rd April 2017, the day of the London Marathon, I took a photograph of the train I`d arrived on and also the station sign when one of the platform staff came up to me and asked had I just taken a photograph, I said yes, he said I`m sorry sir but you are not allowed to take photographs on the station? He was polite enough and I asked him where he had got this information from and he told me it was policy. I explained the guidance to enthusiasts and photographers and how we are welcome at railway stations, but he didnt appear to understand this or what I was telling him, I said I signed in last time I was at London Bridge, but he just repeated that photography was not allowed, so I asked him to take me to his manager, which he did so.
His manager a little Asian lad repeated what the platform staff member had told me and I again repeated to him the guidance and told him I was happy to sign in, he also kept repeating himself, so I asked to see his manager. The second manager came also and said they had a policy, which was not available to the general public, which seemed a bit strange, when I explained the guidance to him he said I`ll take you also to the office to sign in, no sooner had he said this then the little Asian guy said he had told me to sign in to his manager, he lied and I told him so, to which his manager said he is an experienced member of staff (experienced in lying I presume).
This had gone on for about 20 minutes and in the end I said forget it lads; I walked to the bay platforms and took a few photographs of a 319 in there, which is all I`d got off for anyway. The annoying thing was, was that it was the day of the London Marathon and the likes of Superman and Spiderman et al were snapping away on mobile phones on the platforms and no one said a dickybird. Maybe I should have gone along as Batman; the staff at London Bridge possibly have a fear of superheroes.