National Rail Conditions of Travel - Part H: Lost Property

42.1 Property found in a train or on a Train Company’s or Rail Service Provider’s premises will not be treated as belonging to the person who finds it and must be handed over as soon as reasonably possible to a Train Company’s or Rail Service Provider’s member of staff.

42.2 A Train Company or Rail Service Provider will take reasonable care of any luggage, articles, animals or cycles which are taken into its safekeeping after being left in its trains or on its premises and will make a reasonable effort to contact the owner.

42.3 In order to ensure the safe and efficient operation of the railway a Train Company or Rail Service Provider may limit your access to trains or premises in order to retrieve any property you have left behind but will, if necessary, make alternative arrangements for it to be recovered.