Unusual losses on trains. There was a wedding suit and frozen pizza
Polregio employees found exactly 637 lost items on trains during the holidays. Some items on the list may really surprise you.
Holiday rail travel means not only crowds of passengers, but also a large collection of things left in the carriages. Phones, wallets and suitcases are not particularly surprising, but the list of Polregio employees’ finds also includes items that would be difficult to expect on a train. These included, among others: a frozen pizza in a thermal bag, a clothes dryer, a pink ukulele in a pink case and even a suit prepared for the wedding.
Passengers leave behind more than just phones and backpacks
During the holidays, Polregio employees found a total of 637 items left behind on trains. The largest number of lost items, 200, were recorded in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The next places were taken by the Małopolska Province with 103 items, the Łódź Voivodeship with 87 and the Pomeranian Voivodeship with 63 items found. The most frequently left behind items included, of course, backpacks, suitcases, documents, wallets and phones. However, the list of finds is much richer. “Polregio conductor teams found on the trains, among others, bedding, a clothes rack, a bag with mascots, a child’s car seat, a pink ukulele (…) and a school certificate,” the carrier said. One of the passengers also left a bag with a suit and shirt prepared for the wedding. However, the loss was found before, not after, the ceremony.
Passengers can recover their belongings
Not all items left behind are still waiting for their owners – about 45% have been recovered so far. holiday losses. Polregio currently runs fourteen Lost and Found Offices – one in each voivodeship where the carrier’s trains run. On the websites of Polregio and PKP Intercity you can find a detailed list of items found and stored in specific branches. “To collect your property, you must carefully describe the item you are looking for at the Lost and Found Office. It is worth taking the proof of purchase or other ownership document with you, which will significantly simplify the collection procedure. It will also be useful to specify the date and approximate time of the loss of the item, as well as the travel route,” we read on the Polregio website. You must have an ID document with you.
