Where was this stock photo taken?

[MCR247]

As it says above really.

It certainly looks UK to me, electrified with 25kv AC and a mirror for DOO - I was thinking the LTS?

[image shows a stock photo screenshotted from this article

Man fined for loudspeaker call at French station

The outraged passenger hires a lawyer to dispute the fine over a public phone call in Nantes.

www.bbc.com

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[Barnsley]

Thats Tynemouth on the Tyne and Wear Metro

 

[MCR247]

Thats Tynemouth on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Ahh great thank you!

 

[norbitonflyer]

Thats Tynemouth on the Tyne and Wear Metro

Strange - I immedately thought of the Metro, although I've not been on it for over 30 years and never to Tynemouth

 

[Deepgreen]

So they couldn't even be bothered to choose a French location...

 

[leonie13]

So they couldn't even be bothered to choose a French location...

I would be rather surprised (and impressed) if a journalist had access to a stock photograph of a man holding a phone, specifically on a French railway platform. A very specific set of parameters, I'm sure you'll agree.

For the purposes of the article, the photo helps tell the story.

 

[Struner]

& there is this

Google Search

 

[_toommm_]

& there is this

Google Search

The lighting looks weird on the full photo. Is the guy photoshopped in?

 

[Struner]

aha, yes, I was wondering about that myself. this getty rimram is really rubbishware, can’t find this pic.
but I came across plenty of similar photos.

 

[D6975]

The lighting looks weird on the full photo. Is the guy photoshopped in?

That's the effect you get when you use fill-in flash in daylight.

 

[GatwickDepress]

aha, yes, I was wondering about that myself. this getty rimram is really rubbishware, can’t find this pic.
but I came across plenty of similar photos.

Right here! Number in the bottom left is the image code, which can be used to find the original image.

If you scroll down you can see other images from the same photo shoot featuring this gentleman. I particularly like the woman in the foreground of this image, which mirrors my expression well when someone's holding a loud conversation in the carriage.

 

[JKF]

I would be rather surprised (and impressed) if a journalist had access to a stock photograph of a man holding a phone, specifically on a French railway platform. A very specific set of parameters, I'm sure you'll agree.

For the purposes of the article, the photo helps tell the story.

That’s where AI will change the world, on a simple instruction from a journalist it would create a similar photo but with a few badly rendered striped-shirt onion sellers, burning sheep and a tricolour superimposed in the background.