(15 Nov 2013, 12:35 am)GMitchelhill wrote I found the best policy is to keep moving or stay out of sight. Always be aware of your surroundings too.

I'd personally prefer Nexus to know I'm in the bus station just for safety reasons and the like?
Can't just be me - if I'm at one spot in a bus station and a Nexus supervisor knows I'm there, s/he will be keeping an eye out for me. If they think I'm in any danger whatsoever, they will ask me to move elsewhere.

Regarding the photos, as aureolin says, bus station photography is all prohibited. We've all taken at least one photo in a bus station so I don't think any of the photographers on here can play the innocent card.
In Gateshead, you are allowed to take photos next to the grit box (where buses depart the station) and the corner nearby the Saltwell Park stand.
Are both photos not as bad as each other therefore? I remember when I first started taking photos last year, I used to go to that little layover all the time because there weren't any notices which suggested I could not take photographs there... Maybe a little effort from Nexus to put up a few signs etc would go a long way?

It's certainly not the first time people have taken photographs from that layover bit or indeed the little crossing in the middle of the 58 stand and the layover, and I'm sure as hell it won't be the last - as it hasn't been condemned by all Nexus staff in the past. This photo shows someone standing there way back in 2005, an enthusiast who I believe is still around today.