A bag left on a train - it costs £24 to get it back

[Paul L]

There seems to be a really important point being missed here.
So, a person gets on a form of public transport. They leave a large, or small, bag on the train or whatever.
They then leave the train, without the bag. Would you move it or look in the bag?
Only if you don't believe in terrorists!
Any bag left unattended should be left well alone, get yourself away from it and report it to someone in authority.
As for complaining about paying to get it back, I wonder what the charge would be for the time, stress and possible danger faced by security forces while they do a controlled explosion on the bag.
Come on folks, stay alert and alive. This is the rel world today, unfortunately.

 

[evoluzione]

There have been incidents where good honest train crew have been accused of theft when taking mobiles and wallets off trains to hand in.

The ones I know of went all the way down the disciplinary route only to be thrown out on appeal.

This is why I and many others when randomly handed something of value, electronic, wallet etc by a passenger we just leave it in the cab, just not worth the hassle to touch it anymore unfortunately.