(28 Sep 2014, 8:45 pm)NEBCD Malarkey wrote Sweet Cream on a Ice Cream Sandwhich I would not recommend messing around with the Bus Station Manager/Security in Middlesbrough Bus Station, Certainly an Experience I won't forget anytime soon, Got off the X66 in M'Boro having left Aureolin and Dan in Stockton as I wanted a few photos of the Sapphire Streetlites, so I got off and took a Photo of 1508 which was on the X66, And this Bald Headed Beef Cake of a Man comes out of the Doors to the Layover Stand ranting and raving, so in an effort to defuse the situation I decided to walk in the Opposite Direction, only to be cut off by two 6ft+ Security Guards, They simply told me No Photography in the Bus Station, This is despite there being a Loop where if the Bus Station is Classed as Private Property by it's Owners, but is open to the Public then you can take Photos as you please, And that I wasn't allowed to be on the Pavement outside the Bus Stands, Depriving me of my Rights to Fresh Air, Plus what is worse is there is Security Locks on the Doors of each stand, so you can't get out unless a Bus is on the Stand which I think is and I Quote F***ing Stupid, Anyway as it was Sunday and that fact I CBA to Argue with them I decided to go out via the Exit of the Bus Station to the Bit next to BBC Tees Offices, This in the end ended up with me Running back the way I came out and back into the Bus Station to catch the X10 Home, due to there being to no Crossing, I think M'Boro Bus Station is worst Designed Bus Station I have ever been in, other than Eldon Square/Haymarket.
You aren't allowed outside on the stands in Middlesbrough Bus Station - or have people forgotten the fatal accident back in November 2011 when someone was killed by 1213. Hence all the safety features. Easy enough to stand outside at BBC Tees to photo everything as it comes in and out, plus stands 16/17 (the X66 stand and 21a/X7/X10 stand) are easy to photo at, and stands 1-5 later in the day due to the sun (stand 1-4 are better to photograph after sunset as it is light that side of the bus station to the other side).