"Boltar" wrote in message
oups.com...
You seriously think all the tourists on the tube taking pictures of
their friends and themselves get a permit beforehand? As long as he
doesn't look like he's doing any professional work (eg camera on stand,
taking 5 mins to set up a shot etc) its very unlikely any LU staff
would
bother him.

I'm not sure about your last few words, however LU's official policy for
*personal* photography is that it IS PERMITTED, subject to the usual rules
about flash, tripods, et cetera. This is contained within LU's Reference
Manual (official guidance for staff), and has been the subject of repeated
reminders in the weekly Traffic Circulars. Therefore, there should be no
difficulty in taking photos.

However, an email from LU's commercial/press office is not unlikely -
however it would be a bit pathetic for them to invest their time on a matter
such as this.

As far as the issue of photography goes, it's also worth noting that there
is no restriction on taking photos from public places (apart from of
military installations, etc). I once had an argument with two security
guards at Bexhill station, so instead went to the public bridge that crosses
the middle of the station, and took a vast selection of photos, including
some flash-/zoom-assisted photos of the two members of staff concerned, for
which they threatened to call the Police and I encouraged them to do so...
:-) Needless to say one of the photos concerned was included in a letter to
Southern, the response to which suggested the two concerned were no longer
in their employment as a result of this and other incidents.