Transport For London Lost Property Office

If you are as forgetful as I am you probably have lost a few things on the tube, or buses.
I forgot some not super valuable personal items and decided to file a report just in case it turned up. I filled the forms online and I’m supposed to get a email back if there’s any news about my items. However since I go to Baker Street station everyday, I decided to pop in to see for myself.
The office is surprisingly modern, despite the window display. It’s almost like a bank, where you queue up and wait for one of the windows to open up. There weren’t a lot of people so I was served right away. The staff was very friendly and retrieved my record efficiently, sadly no new development on my lost items and he told me it’s unlikely to turn up at this point. Oh well. It was still a very positive experience.
It would be interesting if they can put some of the rare/​popular lost items from decades ago on exhibition (maybe in the London Transport Museum?), I’m already very intrigued by the few items on display outside of the office (an iron from the 20s for example, who’d carry an iron with them on the tube!).

Have you ever wondered what happens to the stuff people leave behind on the Tube or in a taxi? Not the newspapers and empty coffee cups (pigs!), but the real stuff. This is where it ends up. It’s the
for the Underground!
According to the website, Tfl finds over 140,000 pieces of lost property each year. A few interesting and hilarious items are displayed in the window here at the Baker Street office — a mobile phone from the 1980’s (yes, they were that big once!), a telephone from 1936 and the coolest top hat that was found at Euston station in 1951. If you’re in the area, at least stop by. And if you’re looking for something you misplaced, stop by!