All the weirdest items left behind on NSW public transport
At Sydney's Central Station, a vault of unclaimed items keeps 50,000 pieces of lost property.
Every year, about 7000 smart phones are left behind.
Here are some of the strangest things left behind on the Sydney transport network.
A box of boogie boards kept for safekeeping.
About 70 per cent of items left on Sydney's rail network make it back to their owners.
Those that don't are kept for 28 days before they either sold at auction or donated.
In 2024 Sydney Trains gave hundreds of items to western Sydney not for profit enterprise Muru Mittigar.
Board games, toys, and skateboards were included in the hoard.
As were dozens of bikes and scooters.
Thousands of sunglasses and AirPods are also left behind.
"We've had parachutes, we've even had a false leg handed in," Sydney Trains chief executive Matt Longland said.
A long way from someone's kitchen, this SodaStream has been entrusted to Sydney Trains' safe keeping.
"The sooner you report something the higher the chance we can get it back to you," Sydney Trains' Maureen Clark said.
Many of the items will be provided to Aboriginal communities in the Blue Mountains, Hawkesbury, Richmond, Mount Druitt and Penrith districts.
Phones are tagged with information about when and where they were handed in.
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