TFL has stolen my bike

as you left it outside waterloo and went abroad, I'm going to go out on a limb here:

it was nicked

Were all the other bikes gone too?

How long was you bike there?

They can remove anything that is causing an obstruction. They must otherwise obtain the bike keeper's consent to remove it.

Fill out a report at the local copshop, ask that the CCTV be viewed.

The bike was inside the station. Locked to some palisade fencing around some plant with cycle racks beside it on platform 19 (you may know the place). It was not obstructing in any way and I have used that spot for years. I've Seen other bikes tagged and removed a few times over that time and mine never was. I don't discard ordinary theft, but I have a hunch that on the day of lock cutting, mine being way nicer than others around it, and technically illegally parked, was also removed and taken home by some clever fucker. Let's see what CCTV says

It was left for 6 days.

I was shown the removed ones stored away and recognised one that was right beside mine. As I say, it may be just coincidence, but I think is worth trying, because if it wasn't causing an obstruction, and was removed without notice, ther is a posibility (remote, I guess) of getting TFL to compensate?

Lets see