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Photos: iPod and BlackBerry lost property mountain
What careless commuters leave on Tubes, buses and in the back of cabs

By Andy McCue

Published: Monday 04 December 2006

Not surprisingly mobile phones are amongst the most common items that commuters leave behind on tubes and buses. Around 15,000 mobile phones and PDAs such as the BlackBerry are handed in each year.

But only around a third of the phones and PDAs handed in are collected by their owners. TfL's Batchelor said: "Phones are so cheap nowadays and people have insurance anyway."

Photo credit: Transport for London