A SIX-foot tall inflatable dinosaur, a framed photo of Mary Berry and even a wooden casket complete with ashes inside were all left on trains by forgetful passengers over the course of last year.

The news came from First TransPennine Express (FTPE), which runs services on the West Coast and Furness Line, as it announced the weird and wonderful contents of its Lost and Found department's annual audit.

Over the year, the millions of customers that passed through its stations and boarded its trains have left behind over 1,300 wallets and purses, 600 umbrellas, 120 bags of shopping, 70 pairs of glasses and 30 laptops.

But it seems to be mobiles that passengers lose the most, with a whopping 2,000 being found by staff.

As well as auditing all found items, the train operator also recorded customer enquiries into their lost goods, revealing some surprising results.

Although mobiles are lost the most, enquiries into them were low whereas with umbrellas, FTPE staff received over 200 calls.

There were also thirty calls into lost lunches, two calls into lost dentures, three calls into lost pets on the train, including a hamster, cat and lizard, luckily all of which staff found safe and sound, and even more peculiarly, a call regarding a lost wife.

Other items lost include six guitars, three mountain bikes, one bag of haggis and a Barry Manilow CD.