"Arthur Figgis" wrote in message
et...

This is just going the wrong way.

There used to be a "permit" requirement in Spain, but it's been dropped
recently:

http://www.adif.es/en_US/ocio_y_cult...fotografia.htm
shows the English wording (I printed out this and the one in Castellano
and carried both when in Spain recently). I do like being thought of as
an "aficionado".

I was in Spain a few weeks ago, and had no problems whatsoever taking
pictures (without a permit).

I had no hassle - just had the wording with me in case.

OTOH, buying ticket is hassle - few useful machines (though lots of ticket
on departure collection machines), and a lack of through ticketing between
long distance and local/regional trains.

Of course there's a lack of through ticketing - they're different train
types. The joys of rail travel in .es and .pt in one.

The complexities of ticketing are a joy to behold. Especially when you find
out that, in addition to every flavour of IC service having its own pricing
structure, there are two kinds of advance purchase ticket as well (that's
Tarifa Web and Tarifa Estrella).

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Tim
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