+498951702997, Telefonzelle (Station Phone Box), Hauptbahnhof (Central Station), Gleis (Platform) 18/19 München (Munich), Germany

Nice addition here. Taken on the platform in the middle of the station. In the background you can see Germany's superb ICE Inter City Express train. The number, despite being listed is not callable.

+498924210077, Telefonzelle (Street Payphone), Hofgarden, Odeonsplatz, München (Munich), Germany

In the summertime this area is heaving! Again I am sorry to say, incoming calls have been bared to this payphone as is with all German payphones on the site to date. Never the less you can see a relatively new style of German payphones. Gone are the payphones enclosures and in with the modern open-air designs.

Notruf (Emergency Phone), U-Bahn (Underground/Subway), München (Munich), Germany

Just a short one to show you all an emergency phone. This are relatively new and positioned throughout the Munich Underground system. The wording, "Notruf" means "emergency" and below that you see, "hier sprechen" this means, "speak here". Not much I know but thought I'd post it anyway.

+498914345997, Telefonzelle (Phone Box), Dachauer Straße 375, München (Munich), Germany

This Telephonezelle (German for Phone box) is in a bit of a sorry state. Not getting much use at all. In fact the typical postbox positioned next to it, gets a lot more use. Again, incoming calls to this one has been bared.

+498915970878, Station Payphone, Gern U-Bhf (underground station), München (Munich), Germany

+498915970878, Station Payphone, Gern U-Bhf (underground station), München (Munich), Germany

Nice shot of a platform side payphone at the very efficient Munich underground. This station is positioned in the Northwest of the city and of course gets very busy during the rush-hours.

The real bad news is that, the majority of payphones run by T-Mobile do not accept incoming calls! If you were to call the listed number you only get a recording from a serious German lady saying, "due to technical reasons the call can't be connected".

+44207734871, Famous British Phone Box, Outside 9 Heddon St, W1, London

Ziggy Stardust stood here for his 1972 album cover. A famous place for David Bowie fans to visit. Also recently made famous for a sketch in the popular Fonejacker series where he plays a prank on a nearby street cleaner. Maybe you can see the chef on the left? He's from that restaurant and was giving me a funny look as I took this picture (think what a sad loser taking pictures of telephone boxes).

Shop Payphones, Mirandela, North Bogotá, Colombia

Great contribution here from Carl Meek in Colombia for these rare photos of Colombian payphones. The payphones are privately owned but managed by a mainstream payphone operator in Colombia. In one of the pictures you see the shopkeeper while a horse passes by pulling a cart. Horses are still used in this city and all over Colombia by workers on lower incomes, much to the announce of in increasing car users.

Street Phone Booth, Mirandela, North Bogotá, Colombia

Another great contribution by Carl Meek in Colombia. This time you see a typical street payphone. It's positioned off the main road and you can see the typical flats that house the majority of the city's inhabitants.

Nike Grid - Great use of the Payphone

The humble phone box has been hijacked from 22 October to 6 November for an ingenious new game by Nike.

Nike Grid: Run Your City takes London's old payphone network and transforms it into a massive gameboard ñ spanning 48 of the city's postcodes. Leg it around the gameboard, checking in and checking out of phone boxes, to score points, earn badges and win rewards.

1. No walking. No getting the bus.Cheat and you'll lose points.
2. There are Grid phone boxes in every postcode. Find one. Dial 08000141312 and enter your unique gamecode to start a run.
3. Get to another Grid phone box and dial in toend your run. EC1 to EC1 counts. EC1 to EC2 doesn't count.
4. Score the most points in a postcodeto own it. But you don't just have to run solo.Play for a team. Play for a uni. Playfor your region. Every time you score points,they score too.
5. All runs score 10 points. More runs,more points. Earn badges to score extra points.The more ways you run, the morebadges you can earn.

I would like to appeal to anyone taking part, please take a camera and send me a few of the shots of payphones. I will feature them right here on the site.

81% Of The Public Believe The Phone Box Will Not Exist By 2020

A new poll by the UK’s leading mobile phone comparison website of 1,729 Brits has found that 81% of respondents believe that phone boxes will not exist in ten years time, whilst 74% claim to have not used a pay phone in the last five years.

The study by www.rightmobilephone.co.uk aimed to find out how often phone boxes are used by members of the public today and the general opinions surrounding the Great British icon.