I can never quite get my head around how newspaper reporters never quite grasp the principle of market forces. If you leave something on a train someone has to look for it and either put it into a lost property office to await your collection or make arrangements to send it back to you. This takes time and time is money. Truth is, if someone steps off a train and realises immediately that they've left something behind and can actually remember where they were sitting (probably 75% in my estimation can't) it'll be taken off at the next manned station and returned - unless some thieving lowlife nicks it first - for gratis.
It's another non-story.